Sabtu, 22 Mei 2004

Holiday Makers To Watch Greek Jails?

The BBC reports that the IFPI is alert vacation makers that they could hold upwards jailed for purchasing pirated CDs inwards Greece, ahead of the Olympic Games inwards August. The grouping has announced its intention to target private buyers in addition to says it has the back upwards of the Greek authorities. In fact, a buyer was sentenced final calendar week to iii months imprisonment afterward he was constitute buying ii illegal CDs. This was the outset fourth dimension an private buyer had been jailed inwards Greece. The IFPI has explained that its previous policy was to larn afterward vendors. However, afterward finding that the Greek government were solely handing them suspended sentences, it decided to pursue private purchasers instead.

While the IPKat realises that buyers should know ameliorate than to purchase copyright-infringing CDs, he thinks imprisonment for private purchases is rather harsh. He’s too disturbed past times the inequality of vendors getting suspended sentences spell private purchasers are targeted for jail sentences.

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