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LifestreamThe Register: Italy approves ‘jail for P2P users’ law
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.
Those found guilty of the unauthorised distribution of copyright material now face a fine of between €154 and €1032 ($185-1240), a jail sentence of between six months and three years, the confiscation of their hardware and software, and the revelation of their misdeeds in Italy’s two national newspapers, La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera.
I’m still not sure if this is a joke or not. Even if the penalties aren’t final, this is an insane move. But something that I’ve come to expect from Italy. For all Italian P2P users I recommend a Mossberg shotgun, a couple of rolls of barbed wire and a year’s supply of canned food. That is at least what I’ll be getting once this tidal wave of madness reaches Sweden, as I fear it eventually will.
