BitTorrent Pirate Loses His Last Appeal

Vix666 writes with a link to a ZDNet article on the final chapter of a story we've discussed before: the first user convicted of piracy for using BitTorrent to download a movie has really, finally, lost his case. Chan Nai-ming was sentenced in November of 2005, lost an appeal in December of last year, and appears to have once again failed to convince a judge to let him out. "The Hong Kong government welcomed the judgment, saying it clarified the law regarding Internet piracy. 'This judgment has confirmed that it commits a crime and violates copyright laws for the act of using (BitTorrent) software to upload and distribute,' said customs official Tam Yiu-keung in a written statement. He added the judgment would have a deterrent effect, a view endorsed by industry watchdogs such as the Hong Kong branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry."

Copyright law is a farce..

[brxndxn]

How about the death penalty for downloading mp3s? Also, we should definitely kill the family members of people that download movies illegally.

Oh no!

[BalaClavaChord]

aXXo is that u?

Please tell me your ok!

Re:BitTorrent illegal?

[Anonymous Coward]

It means committing a crime in Hong Kong is now illegal.

Re:Copyright law is a farce..

[Thexare Blademoon]

Ok, I've been wrong before, but I think he was being sarcastic...

What!??!

[Tellarin]

Man, at first I read the end of the summary as "the International Federation of the Pornographic Industry".

Well, somehow that would make sense as they are fu*%$ this guy. :(

Re:Actual harm done

[jez9999]

but it's plainly obvious what's going on when people distribute and download verbatim copies of full movies.

You don't have to use verbatim. There's memorex, imation, philips....