Sunday, 28. January 2007
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 28, 2007 at 5:14:00 PM CET
File downloading, if not for profit, not illegal in Italy?
According to this report, the high court of Italy ruled that downloading files - be it software, music, or movies - is not illegal if profit is not the motivation. The case in question was a lawsuit against two students who set up a p2p file-sharing network, and who were initially sentenced to one year in prison. But the highest judicial institution in Italy overthrew the decision, and set the two students free.
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