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Site That Provides Fan-Made Subtitles Loses Copyright Infringement Appeal

posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 26 2018, @06:33PM   
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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• Re:Those problems are governmental; lack of rights Re:Those problems are governmental; lack of rights (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @11:19PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @11:19PM (#658701)

  Nope, such absolute property rights are the basis of capitalism. I don't advocate pure communism nor pure capitalism. Your inability to see beyond the ideological version of capitalism is the problem here. The Earth and its resources are finite, pure capitalism would only work if every single human had the same exact option to create competing industries. Many people think they could do better, but much of humanity's capital is licked away in private coffers.

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• Re:Those problems are governmental; lack of rights (Score: 2) by Arik on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:30PM

  by Arik (4543) on Tuesday March 27 2018, @06:30PM (#659077) Journal

  The reification of imaginary property is not capitalism, it's a con game.

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  If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?

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