Illegal file-share trial ends in acquittal

[gadgetman]

Would the model used by these guys work within the computing and media fields? I heard of a hairdressers operating on the same principles.

[EternalOptimist]

Can you repeat this please, I am not sure everyone heard it...

heheh
very good

[NickFitz]

Oops. Surely he can now sue the FT for defamation?

"Illegal file-share trial ends in acquittal" - if he's been found not guilty, they shouldn't be reporting his site as illegal.

The file sharing was illegal, and this was never in dispute. However, he didn't actually share any files, nor did he provide any hosting for shared files. What he did was to provide a web site on which people could post links to places at which they were sharing files, mostly illegally.