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

[Andy Milner]

ooops... too late, I've fired off already!!!

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On 12/03/2008, Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) <rick at piratpartiet.se> wrote:
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> 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 (?!?).
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> Ole, perhaps you can help out?
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> http://www.oem.dk/sw21117.asp
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> 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.
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> 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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