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Site That Provides Fan-Made Subtitles Loses Copyright Infringement Appeal

posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 26 2018, @06:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the subtitles-provided-by-no-one dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow3941

The founder of a site that provided fan-created subtitles has lost his appeal against a conviction for copyright infringement. In 2017 a Swedish court found that the unauthorized distribution of movie subtitles is a crime, sentencing the then 32-year-old to probation and a fine. The Court of Appeal has now largely upheld that earlier verdict.

Source: https://torrentfreak.com/founder-of-fan-made-subtitle-site-lose-copyright-infringement-appeal-180318/

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  • (Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @02:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @02:59AM (#658773)

    Those subtitles are in demand because the content is in demand.

    Those subtitles are only possible because there is existing content from which the subtitles can be almost mindlessly crafted.

    Strike a deal, or fuck off. What don't you get about that? WHAT DON'T YOU GET?

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