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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 Tuesday March 27 2018, @05:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 27 2018, @05:47PM (#659060)

    > I don't believe Sweden has a "fair use" exception.

    Don't know about Sweden, however...

    Fair use is NOT an exception; fair use is a right, and copyright is an exception.