This guy is going for a HUGE bill!

**~~Monarch~~** · August 26, 2009, 01:56 PM

Swede caught with 10,000 films in file sharing raid.

A 33-year-old man from Västerås in central Sweden has been arrested for alleged crimes in breach of copyright legislation. Local media report that police uncovered up to 10,000 films hidden in the man's cellar.
Västerås police were acting on a tip off from the Swedish Anti-Piracy Agency (Svenska Antipiratbyrån -APB), a private copyright advocacy group.
"He was collected for interrogation and after that I took the decision to arrest him. He sat in custody for around a day and has now been released," district prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad told newspaper Vestmanlands Läns Tidning.
The 33-year-old is believed to be part of a clandestine file sharing network, but there are currently no further suspects.
"We shall have to await the results of the technical investigation. As the case in question concerns a server there could be other file sharers either here in Sweden or abroad, it is too early to tell," Fredrik Inglad said.
The 33-year-old denies all the allegations and told police under interrogation that he was under the impression that the server contained computer games.
The Anti-Piracy Agency claimed on their website that the server did in fact contain copyrighted material - to the tune of 90 terabytes.

"We regard the man to be one of the leading figures behind the 'warez scene' syndicate which is responsible for all pirate copying. The police operation will help to stem the flow of pirated material onto the internet," said Henrik Pontén, an ABP lawyer.
The APB also added that the man will be served with a demand for compensation, with the amount based on the stock of 10,000 films.

Another Pirate hits the dust!

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**Erik** · August 26, 2009, 02:36 PM

90 TB?

Damn, I though my 2TB was a lot.

He's obviously a big time supplier who wants to make a profit.
Nobody has time to watch 10.000 movies, that's several years constant viewing.

**~~The Devil's Sergeant~~** · August 26, 2009, 02:38 PM

10,000 movies? What a piker.

**boofhead** · August 26, 2009, 02:40 PM

LOL. 10,000 movies and he thought they were computer games?

Suuuuure.

**Erik** · August 26, 2009, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by boofhead

LOL. 10,000 movies and he thought they were computer games?

Suuuuure.

What I do not understand:

If they were computer games it's still copyrighted material, right?

Or did he think he needed 90 TB to play Empire: Total war?
(granted, that's an awful lot of computer generated soldiers you have to store)

**boofhead** · August 26, 2009, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Erik

What I do not understand:

If they were computer games it's still copyrighted material, right?

Or did he think he needed 90 TB to play Empire: Total war?
(granted, that's an awful lot of computer generated soldiers you have to store)

Yes indeed. So he'd d/l 10,000 files and never, not even once, have a look at one of them?

**Amry** · August 26, 2009, 02:54 PM

Now in theory I'm against software piracy and applaud the move in OP's post.

But... let's be honest, my ethics are always quite... flexible when it comes to intellectual property laws, so I do realize that it is quite a hypocritical stance that I'm having right now.

**boofhead** · August 26, 2009, 02:56 PM

Well yes, theft is a case of having flexible ethics, you are right.

**Amry** · August 26, 2009, 03:01 PM

I don't steal, I am merely "renting for perpetuity with payment deferred until an unspecified future date".

Frankly, I am insulted that you're putting me on the same level as a common thief. I demand an apology, sir!

**Yojimbo** · August 26, 2009, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Amry

I don't steal, I am merely "renting for perpetuity with payment deferred until an unspecified future date".

Frankly, I am insulted that you're putting me on the same level as a common thief. I demand an apology, sir!

You probably shouldn't talk about that here.

**Bleda** · August 26, 2009, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by ForlornHope.

You probably shouldn't talk about that here.

yeah its all right here. The moderators get pickles in their ass about it. Most of them don't even know whats against the rules and what is.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=290026

**~~The Devil's Sergeant~~** · August 26, 2009, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Amry

I don't steal, I am merely "renting for perpetuity with payment deferred until an unspecified future date".

Frankly, I am insulted that you're putting me on the same level as a common thief. I demand an apology, sir!

You are not a thief, your crimal title is much more dignified, you are a copyright infringer.