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Italian Police Raid P2P Network Discotequezone; 11 Face Charges

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 1, 2007 - 8:19am.

Milan - Italian police and FPM, the local music industry anti-piracy organization, have conducted raids and will charge eleven individuals with copyright infringement for their involvement with a Direct Connect-based file-sharing network in Italy, called "Discotequezone."

Norwegian Teen First to be Charged With Illegal File-Sharing

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 8, 2007 - 8:53am.

Rogaland, Norway - A sixteen-year-old has become the first citizen of Norway to be charged with copyright infringement for illegal file-sharing, the country's Aftenposten newspaper reported.