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Downloading music, movies via P2P not illegal in Italy
If profit isn't your motive, then swapping pirated music, movies and software via P2P isn't illegal. That's what a high court in Italy ruled last month, marking yet another blow for enforcement efforts by the recording, software and motion picture industry trade groups. According to the Associated Press, "The court's decision [...] overturns earlier convictions against two former Turin Polytechnic Institute students who set up in 1994 a peer-to-peer, file-sharing network that was shut down within months." The students were each sentenced to one year in jail, which had already been reduced to 3 months upon appeal, a point which this ruling makes moot.
The ruling does not have any effect on the legality of violating the terms of copyright within the country, but does appear to decriminalize the act of file-sharing in and of itself.
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Shibathedog said 7:35PM on 1-28-2007
italy just keeps getting more awesome
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Kostis said 8:24PM on 1-28-2007
I wish that happened in the UK..
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Matidio said 3:48AM on 1-29-2007
This sentence is based upon a former law not valid any more. It took some time for the sentence because of the filed appeal. In the meantime there have been enacted new European laws more restrictive. So this sentence has nearly no value (only for cases still open). Unfortunately the referenced article of Associated Press doesn't mention this "little difference".
I think before spreading these kind of messages some should do a better research and look for more sources.
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Negoene said 3:53AM on 1-29-2007
Here, in Italy, dowloading copyrighted stuff still remains a crime, but it remains a CIVIL guilt: so the guilty will pay some money and he will be free :-)
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Sergio Gandrus said 10:57AM on 1-29-2007
I think this is only the first step. Here in Italy it's still a crime to duplicate protected-by-law material
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