Finns Take New Tack On Punishing Pirates
from the i-think-it's-the-cold dept
In the same week that France considered a law that would send file-sharers to jail -- then ultimately passed a law in its lower house of parliament legalizing non-commercial file-sharing -- a new law has been enacted in Finland that gives the music industry there some bizarre recourse against convicted file-sharers. Not content with other criminal or civil action, record labels can now take out newspaper ads naming file-sharers, then send them the bill (via Broadband Reports). What's next, forcing them to walk around downtown Helsinki wearing sandwich boards that say "I download music illegally?" This seems like a petty way to make people pay for the record labels' inability to adapt their business models to a changing environment.
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I find it funny
I would walk around with sandwich boards for a couple of days if it meant free music :p
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A couple newspaper ads and a $10,000 fine for a couple years of unlimited access to any music you want at any time of the day and able to put it in any format you want. I still think you could come out cheaper and with less hassle and less computer problems via file sharing. The difference is that you pay in one lump sum instead of feeling raped everytime you get another CD. The music industry has a lot to learn still.
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How many?
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Oh for a few thousand dollars...
And I'm guessing I'm not the only one.
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