Authorities in Greece are making good on their promise to crack down and deter use of pirate sites and services. Arrests during a significant action to disrupt pirate IPTV last month are now followed by news of an immediate five-year prison sentence and a €10,000 fine. The 59-year-old defendant was reportedly found guilty of running a private torrent site; P2Planet.net. Curiously, the site announced its closure over a decade ago, making the offenses even older than that.
Next time just shoot an movie industry exec, the sentence will be the same. /s (mandatory: don’t actually shoot anyone please)
Running.
Not using.
Very important distinction!
We should stop caring about US IP that much, since Trump is ignoring the vast service trade balance surplus the US has, and only focuses on real goods
We really need internet beyond ISPs.
The weird thing here is the implication of data collection for a decade, which I really don’t think is covered by any law.
Greek leaders adopted the policy of headlines of catching bad people vs catching actual bad people. Sadly same in UK, US etc.
