First Swede Convicted For File-Sharing Now Cleared

Caine writes, "A 29-year old Swede, who was the first to be convicted under last year's new file-sharing laws, has been cleared on appeal. The court of appeal did not consider the screen dumps provided by the Antipiracy Bureau enough evidence to be able to convict the man. Since the crime does not carry a high enough punishment under Swedish law to allow for a search of the defendant's house, this means it will be virtually impossible to prove file-sharing crimes in the future."

Yay

[Anonymous Coward]

Let Slashdot rejoice in the prevailing of illegal filesharing... um .. that is.. we support this because we ... uh.. download Linux ISOs? Yeah!

I'm off to Sweden

[Chris_Jefferson]

I went to Upsalla (sp?) in Sweden on holiday a few years ago. The people were nice, the food was great, everywhere was clean and the women were attractive. Now I can also do all the filesharing I want to? I'm moving.

Re:I'm off to Sweden

[Anonymous Coward]

You might want to check up on the tax rates before moving...

Screen dumps inadmissable?

[Rob T Firefly]

You mean, despite all that time I spent in MS Paint doctoring screenshots of eMule so the title bar reads "Roy's Internets" and changing the files-in-progress to read "Roy's stealing stoled Metallica musics" and "Star Wars that Roy didn't pay moneys for," my work is now pointless? Damn, I'll never get those three minutes back, and will just have to find some other way to get Roy thrown in jail.

Re:FUCK!

[Jedi Alec]

Bring it on....we'll smother the troops in 6 foot tall blondes.

Re:I'm off to Sweden

[a_nonamiss]

Unfortunately, I don't think it's that easy to move to Sweden, especially if you don't speak Swedish. I guess I'll have to pull out all those old Muppet Show tapes and start learning...

Ungersh veer hurne, a-gede hu genish gadoo. Yay bursht der horne bersh ter mmmm BORK BORK BORK!

Wait a second...

[ZachPruckowski]

You need evidence to convict someone of filesharing? I thought the big companies just pick a name out of the phone book, and then you're guilty even if you are dead, don't own a computer, can't spell "Limewire" and used to live atop Pike's Peak.

The ads on TFA say it all

[ronanbear]

Cheap flights to Sweden

Learn Swedish for free

Tell me about the piracy situation in Stockholm..

[Hal_Porter]

Jules Tell me about the piracy situation in Stockholm. It's legal there ain't it?
Vincent: Well it's legal but it ain't 100% legal. But that don't matter because if they log your IP address connected to a tracker it's illegal for them to search your aprtment. In Stockholm that's a right the cops don't have.
Jules: That's all there is to it. I'm fuckin' goin'.
Vincent:I know, baby. You'd dig it the most.

"I thought we had what we needed without conducting a search. It is not permitted to carry out a search for this type of crime", she adds.

A raid on the defendant's home would have meant a thorough examination of the contents of his computer.

This ruling will make it difficult for the film industry and other interest groups to pursue the issue in the courts.

Re:I'm off to Sweden

[pimpimpim]

sweden will be for filesharing what holland is for pot.

Re:I'm off to Sweden

[sharkey]

Unfortunately, I don't think it's that easy to move to Sweden, especially if you don't speak Swedish.

I'd figure the hard part would be convincing your parents to buy a house with a basement in Sweden, but what do I know?

Re:Not exactly 'scot free'

[Jugalator]

I tell you, it's DVD-Jon's achievements and their oil that keeps bringing the blasted Norwegians on top of us!

/ Grumpy Swede

Re:Heh

[Jugalator]

Avoiding sending police in... Coming up next from the Antipiracy Bureau:

Hot spy babes trying to become girlfriends to Pirate Bay geeks and get into their rooms!

Silicon boobs funded by the RIAA! :-o

You haven't heard of Noone?

[Ahnteis]

He's some guy who goes around internet forums checking for spelling, grammar, and typing errors. Some days, he's just a minor nuisance. Other days, he's a real pain in the butt.

Re:Heh

[rucs_hack]

my god. I must rush there and talk loudly about my impressivelly huge file collection in public places full of hotties immediatelly!