[pp.int.general] Denmark announces new penalties for file sharing

[Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet)]

hold your horses a bit before going ballistic on this one, I'm trying to
figure out exactly what is new here. Apparently, Denmark already has a
six-year prison term for copyright infringement, but seeks to expand it to
patent infringements (?!?).
 
Ole, perhaps you can help out?
 



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http://www.oem.dk/sw21117.asp
 
In short: the penalty for copyright infringement is raised to 1-6 years in
prison. That means a minimum prison term of one year for copyright
infringement.
 
This is the same penalty as armed robbery, and considerably higher than
assault or rape. (I have compared to the Swedish penalties, so it's not
entirely red-apples-to-red-apples, but they are always strikingly similar,
so green-apples-to-red-apples.)
 

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