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World's First Criminal Conviction Of A BitTorrent User
Date: 10/26/2005
Asia Media reports on the The world's first criminal conviction of a BitTorrent user. Although he was only charged for uploading the ruling may have opened the doors to making even downloaders of files through the technology criminally liable. The agency interviews a 24-year-old user who downloads anime with BT: "For sure I will continue, as I am not a frequent user and I just download files but do not upload or share any seed files. I don't believe the copyright owners have the technique or resources to sue us."
Source: Anime News Service