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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @09:35PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @09:35PM (#658670)

    Your last sentence reveals quite clearly that your intention was sarcasm.

    Let me help you by using your own stupid analogy: The vested interests aren't forcing people to buy whips. Rather, the upstarts are stealing buggies and re-painting them.

    Your view of the situation is entirely wrong.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:21AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:21AM (#658817)

    No, it is more like someone modifying the whips for left handed people and the buggy and whip folks getting pissed about it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:40AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @04:40AM (#658829)

      Let's see... The OP wrote:

      The vested interests aren't forcing people to buy whips. Rather, the upstarts are stealing buggies and re-painting them.

      Now, let's replace "buggy" with "whips":

      The vested interests aren't forcing people to buy whips. Rather, the upstarts are stealing whips and re-jiggering them.

      Yup. You haven't rebutted the OP; you haven't put forward a new point; you haven't changed the argument.