Swiss teen fined for downloads

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Now a Swiss teenager faces a 14 days in jail if she doesn’t come up with a court-imposed penalty of 400 Swiss Francs (almost $400 Canadian) for allegedly downloading copyrighted movie and music files.

She was also ordered to pay a statutory 900 sf and 250 sf in costs.

Still, it’s better than almost $2 million or $675,000.

According to Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry), she “distributed 4,253 copyright infringing music and film files on the eMule and Bearshare peer-to-peer networks”.

The 18-year-old had refused the IFPI’s offer to ’settle’ out of court.

“Legal sites are run by reputable vendors who fully disclose their identity, such as Ex Libris, iTunes or Musicload,” says the IFPI.

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