A Danish man has become the first European to be convicted of taking part in the promotion of an illegal online film site.The 39-year-old man was handed a six-month suspended sentence by an Odense court for promoting the illegal online film streaming service Popcorn Time via his website popcorntime.dk.
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More specifically, the man was convicted of offering a guideline about how Danish users could download the Popcorn Time app, how to install and use it, and how to avoid being discovered by the authorities.Aside from his suspended sentence, the court also ruled to confiscate 500,000 kroner the man had earned in advertising income via his website. He also faces 120 hours of community service. He has two weeks to appeal to the higher courts.
Source: Historic case: Danish man convicted of promoting illegal film service – The Post
The case was brought by the movie mafia trying to sustain their outdated business model. Now I wonder how worried Google and Bing and other search engines should be, as they link to quite a few illegal places on the web.
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