Users warned of 10 years in jail as RnBXclusive.com shut down by police

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I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link

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Digital rights campaigners have responded by saying the police agency's actions are a worrying development in the copyright enforcement saga.

"We've requested a meeting with SOCA so we can urgently assess the basis for this and future actions," Peter Bradwell, a campaigner with the Open Rights Group, said in a statement.

"Any attempt to crowbar copyright infringement into areas of law subject to much harsher punishments raises serious problems. Threatening internet users with 10 years in jail strikes one immediately as inappropriate at best," Bradwell said.
Jail threat

SOCA said any action against individual downloaders will be taken on a case-by-case basis, but it is indeed true that a person who has downloaded even one copyright-infringing track could face jail.

"If you knowingly download music that's been illegally obtained, then potentially there's a risk of prosecution under conspiracy to defraud," the police agency's spokesman said.


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pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link

no one on ilx used this site then?

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link

everyone who used it is in jail

Poliopolice, Thursday, 16 February 2012 06:39 (twelve years ago) link

for ten years

lag∞n, Thursday, 16 February 2012 06:52 (twelve years ago) link

Also Urbanmusicdaily.net and Im1music.net disappeared today. I guess they got spooked by what happened.

Tired of these edcuated basic bitches. (lilsoulbrother), Thursday, 16 February 2012 06:55 (twelve years ago) link

so they dont need new powers then if they can just close sites down anyway under present law

pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link


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