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February 02, 2005
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A Norwegian student has been fined for linking to MP3 files hosted elsewhere. This is an astonishingly dangerous and stupid decision on the part of the Norwegian courts. If the act of pointing to material through a link is illegal because of the (alleged) illegality or impropriety of the linked material we might as well shut down the internet.
Norwegian student Frank Allan Bruvik has been fined $15,900 for providing links from his website, Napster.no, to MP3 files hosted elsewhere, the Associated Press reports. The Court found that he had violated copyright law by helping netizens to locate forbidden files. In other words, by linking, Bruvik was assisting in an illegal act.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at February 2, 2005 06:32 AM
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