Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Criminal Copyright Enforcement against Melbourne Teenager
According to this story by Alex Malik on themusic.com.au, a Melbourne teenager is being prosecuted by the Australian Federal Police for copyright infringement online.
According to the story, the teenager had a website which linked to the WMA Land website, and to files on that site. WMA Land is, as readers may recall, the website which led to several Sydney uni students being arrested and charged and convicted and sentenced in 2003.
Again according to Malik, the charges are for distributing infringing copies of a work, and for aiding and abetting distribution of infringing copies.
I'm very surprised that anyone would be prosecuted for linking, although of course, I know little about the more detailed facts of the case.
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