Что значит для Швеции суд над The Pirate Bay?
Wired пишет, что если парламент Швеции разрешит преследовать обычных граждан за скачивание фильмов и музыки (как это происходит в соседней Дании), то закон потеряет поддержку простых шведов. Сейчас 75% тамошней молодежи наплевать, что говорит закон по поводу скачивания...
The case against the Pirate Bay is not Sweden's only battle against file sharing.
The Swedish Parliament is expected to adopt a proposal on Wednesday that, for the first time, would make it possible for rights holders to force ISPs to hand out information about their subscribers, so they can be sued for copyright infringement.
"It will make it possible for wealthy industries to act as a private police force and bankrupt ordinary families with children, just like in neighboring Denmark," said Christian Engstrom, a Pirate Party candidate for the EU Parliament.
Over the weekend, three Lund University sociology scholars wrote in the op-ed pages of Sweden's largest daily, Dagens Nyheter, that 75 percent of Sweden's youth does not care what the law says about illegal downloading. They predicted a general erosion of support for the legal system if laws are too far removed from the opinions of the masses.