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South Korean Police Help Young File-Sharers

By soulxtc

Allow them to fight copyright infringement charges in court, waiving requirement that summary trials only handle misdemeanors subject to fines of less than 200,000 won ($146 USD). It's always enlightening to see other countries take a different approach to the efforts by copyright holders to bypass the courts and extract as much "settlement" money from accused file-sharers as possible. In South Korea, the Daejeon Jungbu Police have done just such a thing and started recommending summary trials for young file-sharers so that they can have an affordable means of fighting copyright infringement charges against them. Summary trials usually handle misdemeanors subject to fines of less than 200,000 won ($146 USD). The police say targeting youngsters is unfair because the parents are usually unaware of the illegal activity, and then desperate to come up with the money, the kids resort to theft or other crime to come up with the settlement money demanded by copyright holders.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).