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Record-breaking Swedish file-sharer escapes jail

posted onNovember 2, 2011
by l33tdawg

An illegal file-sharer who distributed a record-breaking 45,000 songs online over a peer-to-peer (P2P) network has been found guilty by a court in Sweden, in a judgment dubbed "tragic" by Swedish Pirate Party leader Anna Troberg.

The trial concerns the largest number of copyright infringements ever considered by a Swedish court, but 58-year-old woman managed to avoid jail. Instead, the court yesterday fined her 16,000 kronor (around £1,600) - equivalent to 50 days' pay - plus the costs of her defence, and sentenced her to probation.

The case dates back to 2007, although it took a full year for investigators from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to visit the convicted woman's house. In a search carried out at the premises, a Direct Connect client was found installed on a computer, as well as logs that formed the basis of the IFPI's case.

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