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Thursday, 17 March 2005 |
Sweden to
introduce tougher download laws
The
Local, Sweden
The Swedish government has proposed changes to the country's copyright law which
would make it illegal to download, as well as distribute, music and films on the
internet without the copyright owner's permission.
But justice minister Thomas Bodström said on Thursday that the tightened law was
not intended to be used against individuals downloading material for their own
private use.
"With this new law we want to fight against those who earn serious money by
spreading copyright-protected material," he said.
"But the idea isn't that the police will charge into homes hunting teenagers who
are sitting there downloading."
The government's 600-page proposal comes in the middle of a controversy over the
actions of Sweden's anti-piracy organisation, Antipiratbyrån (APB), which last
week raided an internet supplier, Bahnhof, and confiscated machines holding
450,000 sound files, 5,500 games and 1,800 films.
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