PIRATE UPLOADED FILES TO THE INTERNET AND CAUSED $48 MILLION IN DAMAGES. HE VIOLATED COPYRIGHT, NOW THE POLICE ARE PROSECUTING HIM

A man from Moravian region Slovácko is being prosecuted by the police and faces up to 8 years in prison. He was supposed to upload over 2,000 files on the internet without the permission of the copyright owner. He has been operating since 2019.

Anyone who has never downloaded a feature film from the internet for free should come forward so that they don't have to pay for it. While I believe there are a few, I am under no illusions of a high number. The topic of copyright infringement in connection with online file sharing is dealt with relatively frequently in society, and the case of a man from Slovácko is now sparking discussion.

As reported by Novinky.cz and Slovácký Deník, police officers are currently prosecuting the man for violating copyright, copyright-related rights and database rights, and he faces up to eight years in prison. By sharing the content on the internet, he committed damages amounting to almost CZK 50 million.

According to police spokesman Radomír Šiška, the man was supposed to distribute foreign copyright works, or audiovisual files containing all or a substantial part of the works, on public websites without the consent of the rights owner. He has allegedly been engaged in the activity since 2019, since when he has managed to publish at least 2 300 files that infringed copyright.

"The damage to copyright caused by the free sharing of files exceeded forty-eight million five hundred thousand crowns,"

the spokesman quantified, according to Novinky.cz.

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