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In France, Music Majors attack!!

By linathael. Original by Lionel - 08/10/2004 13:21:12 CEST - Category: Internet - Source: Libération
The SCPP (Audio Producer Society) has launched in June (in France only) series of legal actions against 50 internet users accused of "sharing music via P2P network".
According to this society, those users have placed thousands of music tracks on their share folder. Of course those legal actions were leading to police home searches which were according to the official statement "polite and without any violence".
We do not know if it is directly linked but one of our reader has been facing such an adventure recently...hereafter is a summary.
One day, early in the morning, police officers rang at the door and his wife who was the only one present welcomed them. They declared acting following complaint of "illegal music sharing via internet". His wife was immediately arrested because her name was used for the internet contract. His son was picked up from the college by the police, and also arrested. He was finally the last one arrested.
What was the reason of such an action?? to have downloaded 1 music file in May 2003 via P2P networks…
The police after having seized HDs, let them go home.
Ten days later, HDs were sent back to them, with indication that the legal procedure was cancelled because no proofs of such piracy could have been found!!
We have of course omitted details, but in summary a complete family has spent a full day in a police department, in a prison cell, accused of piracy, treated as criminals, for at the end...nothing!!
Welcome to France, the Human Rights birthplace country...

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