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The fight against online piracy reached new levels of absurdity after the Copyright Information And Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) in Finland cracked down on a 9-year-old suspected pirate and had the police seize her Winnie the Pooh laptop. Her crime was to download a song from Finnish pop star Chisu, and her father’s to refuse signing a non-disclosure agreement and pay €600 to settle the charges without prosecution.
TorrentFreak reports that the CIAPC had first contacted the Internet account holder during the spring, informing him that his account had been traced back to an incidence of online file-sharing, and asking for compensation in order to let the case go.
He decided to ignore the letter and this week things escalated as promised, with the police arriving at his doorstep and raiding his house looking for evidence -- his daughter’s notebook.
According to the father’s account, the girl tried to download a number of songs, and a Google search led her to The Pirate Bay. Supposedly the resulting downloads didn’t work so the following day they went to a store to buy music -- whether or not this last bit is true is beyond the point, however. In parting, the police had some advice for the father: “It would have been easier for all concerned if you had paid the compensation.”
“I got the feeling that there had been people from the MAFIA demanding money at the door,” the girl’s father recounted. "We have not done anything wrong. If adults do not always know how to use a computer and the web, how can you assume that children or the elderly knows what they are doing at any given time online? […] It is sad to see how even the big artists have no idea what CIAPC is doing in their name.”
Indeed upon hearing about the situation Chisu apologized to the 9-year-old and pointed to a link on Spotify where her music can be played for free. Electronic Frontier Finland also took note of the case and said it is an indication of just how far copyright enforcement has progressed in Finland.
Pirate girl image via Shutterstock -- not actual suspect.
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KillerClown said:
That's insane!!!!
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3 people like this |captainawesome said:
It really is becoming like that South Pork episode...
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4 people like this |Darth Shiv said:
I'm glad this is what police resources are being used for.
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1 person liked this |NTAPRO said:
It's always the young ones xD
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So happy that the cops are going after small time crooks instead of murders and rapists.
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NTAPRO said:
Maybe they are trying to take them out while they are still young lol
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Seem like it was just yesterday: [video embed]
Do what you want, ?cause a pirate is free,
YOU ARE A PIRATE!
Yar har, fiddle di dee,
Being a pirate is alright to be,
Do what you want ?cause a pirate is free,
You are a pirate!
Brain washing our kids to pirate. ARRRRR.
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That's it, I'm turning off Finland's air supply. No Soup for you!
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This is insane. The father teaching the 9 year old daughter how to torrent. And points the child to the pirate bay, later on plays the stupid card. How can you claim that your 9 year old knows more then you about a computer. That is unbelievable news. I understand your not an elite hacker of military sites but everyone hear of torrents. I have no friends that don't know about torrents or the consequences of an unencrypted connection. Least thing you can do is spoof your mac and ip to be untraceable. Or just do it from the library with a laptop you buy on crags list for cash. You would be untraceable. Also do you use your real name on any of the accounts you use on the laptop. Don't even check your email. Users are caught through their habitual use at times.
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1 person liked this |This is insane. The father teaching the 9 year old daughter how to torrent.
learn 2 read.
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1 person liked this |Xclusiveitalian said:
Poor 9 year old girl, that's horrible experience to have. What if it was just an accident, the internet is a confusing place. A lil girl doesn't know going to a site and downloading something is illegal. This is a disgrace to the finland police.
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She has to be in the jail... she is very dangeruos !!! ...
ahahahahahahaah (laughter from The Shadow) ...
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I wonder, what kind of ads does a 9 year old girl see on pirate bay?
I hope it's not Russian women.
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Shocking... this kid should go to jail to make an example for other kids
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This is a bit absurd but we have no one to blame but ourselves. We brought this on ourselves as the Internet using public. They asked ppl to stop pirating. Ppl didn't stop now we have a 9yr old getting arrested. Also I kinda blame Google and TPB. Google put TPB on the top 3 searches. TPB made it available. That poor little girl now has some serious emotional issues. I feel so bad for what she has to deal with
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Lmao wow some serious criminals in finland man.
They are lucky to have such a hard working police force....
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1 person liked this |I wonder, what kind of ads does a 9 year old girl see on pirate bay?Oh, there are way better and more prolific sources for Slavic beauty than TPB!
I hope it's not Russian women.
So happy that the cops are going after small time crooks instead of murders and rapists.Well, it is after all, easier to ticket a stopped car in public, than to catch an already gone rapist or killer..Shocking... this kid should go to jail to make an example for other kidsEither that, or enroll her in parochial school...:eek: . -
This is insane. The father teaching the 9 year old daughter how to torrent. And points the child to the pirate bay, later on plays the stupid card. How can you claim that your 9 year old knows more then you about a computer.In my neighborhood dad is long gone, and and another adult is having children as young as this girl deal hard drugs, due to the fact a child can't be given hard time.
I'm not justifying dad's actions, just pointing out the parallel behaviours. Albeit amplified as they are by the ghetto.
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avoidz said:
Where's the due process? The fairness? Just an accusation from higher powers and then extortion for "settling the case"? What if you really are innocent?
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avoidz said:Poor 9 year old girl, that's horrible experience to have. What if it was just an accident, the internet is a confusing place. A lil girl doesn't know going to a site and downloading something is illegal. This is a disgrace to the finland police.
It happens. Friends of mine have done the same thing. Done a search for a (legitimate) free FS2004 aircraft download and I go there and a (bad) torrent file is sitting on the desktop. They know nothing about torrents or what they downloaded.
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Welcome to the New World Order.
Disagree with something that the government has agreed to and you have no rights, no choice, no freedom and no future.
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When I saw this story as I scrolled down my home page I thought it was from The Onion at first. Wow.
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Why not use a predator drone instead ?
lol
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1 person liked this |Why not use a predator drone instead ?Then what would they use on shoplifters and jaywalkers?
You can't spread your resources too thin, you know.
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I wonder what the authorities should do in this case? If they ignore child cases, adults could just hide behind them and get away with anything. It's a lot easier to mock than to provide practical solutions (next week they're coming back for her Beatrix Potter books! - see, I told you it is).
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