The Dhaka Times Desk Many people think that sharing or downloading videos, pictures or songs as you like on the Internet is a hassle-free job! But this type of work is punishable by copyright law, a Swede has been fined 5 crore rupees for sharing pirated movies on the Internet!
The name of a file sharing site in Sweden Swebits Where a person uploads different movies of his choice, among the movies he uploaded is a movie called “Beck, Levande begravd” which is available on Swebits site soon after its release and from there viewers watch the movie and say, “Beck, Levande begravd”. ” faced extreme commercial losses. "Beck, Levande begravd” its production company Nordisk Film About 5.5 million losses were incurred. As a result, they sued them for this huge amount of damage and later police investigation found that Swebits “Beck, Levande begravd” to suffer this loss as a result of its sharing.
Swedish police have already blocked access to Swebits in that country. The court fined him Tk 5 crore and sentenced him to do 160 days of compulsory social service for the crime of sharing movies on the internet.
Therefore, from the mentioned incident, it can be seen how much punishment can be imposed if the copyright law is broken.
Source: The Tech Journal
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