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Danish File-Sharers Not Responsible For Wi-Fi Theft
torrentfreak.com — Two Danish women taken to court by IFPI affiliates for sharing music were found to be innocent. The two claimed they were the victim of WiFi theft, had no knowledge of the alleged infringements and therefore shouldn ’t have to pay the $300K+ damages. The court agreed and acquitted them of all charges.
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- skewl, on 09/06/2008, -11/+1There should be a law that protects artists from losing income due to piracy. Therefore we would like to have the Supreme Court deal with the issue.
- ktetch, on 09/07/2008, -0/+1Ok, and how would you prove your loss? You would have to prove that you had personally been denied the payment of money, directly by this action. Proving a download alone is not good enough, you'd have to prove that the download replaces a lost sale that would otherwise have occured. Then the artist could get the 2% of the sale price (usual percentage for artists) that is their actual loss. So, for a 50Euro iteam, you can pay 5,000 euros, to sue someone for 1euro in actual damages.
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- ktetch, on 09/07/2008, -0/+1Ok, and how would you prove your loss? You would have to prove that you had personally been denied the payment of money, directly by this action. Proving a download alone is not good enough, you'd have to prove that the download replaces a lost sale that would otherwise have occured. Then the artist could get the 2% of the sale price (usual percentage for artists) that is their actual loss. So, for a 50Euro iteam, you can pay 5,000 euros, to sue someone for 1euro in actual damages.
- pciibiz, on 09/06/2008, -0/+0Certainly sets a precedent as it relates to matters of intellectual property and in particular sharing of multi media.
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