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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday February 10 2018, @12:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-even-think-about-it dept.

Over at TorrentFreak there is an article about aggressive prosecution for even talking about the streaming service Popcorn Time.

A man from Denmark has been handed a six-month conditional prison sentence for spreading information about Popcorn Time. In what is being described as a first for Europe, the man was convicted after telling people how to download, install and use the movie streaming service. He was also ordered to forfeit $83,300 in ad revenue and complete 120 hours community service.

[...] Importantly, PopcornTime.dk hosted no software, preferring to link to other sites where the application could be downloaded instead. That didn't prevent an aggressive prosecution though and now, two-and-half years later, the verdict's in and it's bound to raise more than a few eyebrows.

Neither this specific case nor questions about the service in general have played out yet. Control over playback and distribution and the grey area in between have been hotly contested for decades, and will continue to be for the forseeable future. The first big, international case being the one against Jon Lech Johansen in Norway. Recently, with the integration of digital restrictions into the very standards making up the web, things will become more difficult in the area of distribution and playback.

Source : Man Handed Conditional Prison Sentence for Spreading Popcorn Time Information


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  • (Score: 1) by TuxPower on Sunday February 11 2018, @08:50AM

    by TuxPower (1815) on Sunday February 11 2018, @08:50AM (#636309)

    They COULD HAVE fined him millions more than he'll ever make in this lifetime, and sentenced him to ten consecutive lifetimes in prison, without possibility of parole.

    He would never have gotten a lifetime sentence as that is only possible to get if you commit murder, rape, arson, drug dealings (large amounts) or acts of terror and even if you get sentenced to life in prison you only get one lifetime sentence.

    Furthermore if you do get sentenced to life in prison you are up for parole after 12 years and you will on average serve 17 years. The longest lifetime sentence served i Denmark was 33 years and 8 months and he killed 4 policemen.

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