[FYI] Italy approves 'jail for P2P users' law

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/20/italy_p2p_law/>

Italy approves 'jail for P2P users' law  

By Tony Smith  

Published Thursday 20th May 2004 14:10 GMT  

Italy has made transferring content via the Internet without the 
permission of the copyright holder a criminal offence  

The Italian parliament yesterday voted in favour of imposing jail 
sentences of up to three years on anyone caught uploading or 
downloading unauthorised copyright material to and from the Net. 
Newsletter  

The move comes in direct response to the rise of P2P services such as 
Kazaa and Gnutella, and was prompted by the country's film industry.  

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