Another victory for commons sense
http://torrentfreak.com/danish-file-sharers-not-responsible-for-wi-fi-theft-080906/Two Danish women taken to court by IFPI affiliates for sharing music were found to be innocent. The two claimed they were the victim of WiFi theft, had no knowledge of the alleged infringements and therefore shouldn’t have to pay the damages. The court agreed and acquitted them of all charges.
Piratgruppen, a pro-sharing group and antithesis of Antipiratgruppen, was delighted with the verdict, with spokesman Sebastian Gjerding inviting the anti-piracy outfit to drop all claims of compensation against file-sharers.
Antipiratgruppen, on the other hand, thinks this is a bad decision by the court and refuses to send out apologies. Their lawyer, Torben Steffensen, says this is a matter for the Supreme Court to decide. “We do not believe that this law is appropriate and we disagree with this decision,” he said. “There should be a law that protects artists from losing income due to piracy. Therefore we would like to have the Supreme Court deal with the issue.”
However, lawyers for the two women doubt the case will end up in the Supreme Court, since a lower court and now the High Court has ruled in the same way - it is the plaintiff who has the burden of proof. There was a similar decision in Germany recently.
Thanks to Torrentfreak for this interesting and important article, you can read the full article for further info at the link above.
This once again confirms the law in every case its been challenged, you are not responsible for others stealing your wirelss connection to infringe copyright, the burden on proving you are the infringer is on right holders to
prove it was your computer and you where at the seat at the time of the infringement.In law you cannot be held responsible for the criminal actions of others unless you took an active part in it or where aware of it and took no action.
