POLICE ARREST MEN FOR SPREADING POPCORN TIME INFORMATION
Importantly, neither site hosted the Popcorn Time software, instead choosing to link to other sites where the application could be downloaded instead. Nevertheless, this doesn’t appear to have saved them from the Danish authorities.
Both men stand accused of distributing knowledge and guides on how to obtain illegal content online and are reported to have confessed.
In fact, according to court documents the pair are suspected of such gross violations of copyright law that they could warrant punishment under section 299b of the penal code – offenses which carry a maximum prison term of six years.
Inspector Michael Hellensberg from the Danish police Fraud Squad told local media that the case is a significant one in a number of respects.
Police in Denmark have arrested the alleged operators of two Popcorn Time guide websites. The domains of both operations have also been seized by the authorities. The case is controversial in that both sites were Popcorn Time information resources and neither linked to copyright-infringing material.
Importantly, neither site hosted the Popcorn Time software, instead choosing to link to other sites where the application could be downloaded instead. Nevertheless, this doesn’t appear to have saved them from the Danish authorities.
Both men stand accused of distributing knowledge and guides on how to obtain illegal content online and are reported to have confessed.
In fact, according to court documents the pair are suspected of such gross violations of copyright law that they could warrant punishment under section 299b of the penal code – offenses which carry a maximum prison term of six years.
Inspector Michael Hellensberg from the Danish police Fraud Squad told local media that the case is a significant one in a number of respects.