A Swedish court on Tuesday handed down the country’s first Internet piracy conviction, fining a man 16,000 kronor ($2,000) for using a file-sharing network to distribute a movie online.
The Vastmanland district court ruled that Andreas Bawer, 28, violated Swedish copyright laws by making a Swedish movie available for others to download.
“This sends a very strong signal to file sharers,” Ponten said. “Now we have taken the first step toward a functioning copyright law.”
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