Finland convicts 22 in file sharing case

Twenty-two people were convicted of internet piracy in Finland last week. A judge in Turku ordered them to pay fines and more than €420,000 in damages for copyright offenses - about €19,000 each.

Software and media companies were seeking damages worth €3.5m in total.

All 22, some of whom are still under the age of 18, were operators or administrators of Finnish BitTorrent tracker Finreactor.

In its ruling, the court said the administrators had intentionally created the service to violate copyright law.
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