Unanswered questionsįilesoup's victory follows the January acquittal of Alan Ellis, proprietor of OiNK, a UK online music sharing service. 'The Crown Prosecution Service advised the Court today that it is neither necessary nor appropriate to continue to pursue this matter in a criminal court,' a CPS spokesperson declared. Eventually authorities charged both admins with conspiracy to infringe copyright-exhibit A being alleged shares of the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.īut on Thursday, police lawyers at Bristol Crown Court admitted that this was, if anything, a civil case. Lanning was warned to stay in touch with the cops or face immediate arrest. In the summer of 2009 Filesoup's Steven Lanning, aka 'Geeker,' and his colleague George Cartledge, 'Snookered,' were brought into police headquarters for allegedly breaking the UK's Copyright, Design, and Patents Act. Founded in 2006 with a staff of five detectives, MPPU was supposed to boost FACT's 'capacity to address and confront the threats from the organised networks which are making significant profits from film piracy,' the Federation crowed at the time. Jump the UK did-based on accusations made by FACT, the big content backed force behind Britain's Metropolitan Police Piracy Unit. 'I was so glad to hear that you guys are now FINALLY FREE!' But, 'I still cannot believe how can the European sovereign country jump as a puppy for some 'Hollywood-backed Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)' against its own citizens.' Confronting threats 'I just want to express my happiness here on forum. 'Been a long stressful time coming but glad to hear the good news.' 'Nice to hear guys congrats,' one Filesoup fan cheers on a forum page. It's smiley emoticons all around over at Filesoup, following the news that United Kingdom police have withdrawn all criminal charges for copyright infringement against the Bristol based BitTorrent file sharing site.Ĭrown Prosecution Service attorneys have finally conceded before a judge that it was 'neither necessary nor appropriate to continue to pursue the matter in a criminal court.' Founded in 2003, Filesoup is, as its banner page notes, 'the first and foremost BitTorrent community on the Web.' reader comments with 16 posters participating Full of wit, humor, and pathos, Stephen Frears' moving portrait of the British royals during the period after Princess Diana's death features not one but two remarkable performances, that of Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II and Michael Sheen as the newly-ordained Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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