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Piracy charges are dropped after 9-year-old girl’s father pays 300 euros

Ashraf December 3, 2012 9

Remember that 9-year-old-turned-pirate girl in Finland who’s home was raided and laptop was confiscated? Yeah, well, that saga has come to a close. The father of the girl, who is the one held responsible by Finland’s Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIPAC) because he owns the Internet connection the girl [...]

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Police raid home of 9-year-old girl, take away her ‘Winnie the Pooh’ laptop because she used The Pirate Bay

Ashraf November 24, 2012 30

What happens when a 9-year-old girl illegally downloads some songs off the The Pirate Bay? Her home is raided by the police and her laptop is confiscated. Yep, that is what recently happened to a family in Finland.

As the story goes, in 2011 a young 9-year-old girl wanted to [...]

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Would you buy an Angry Birds soda? It is sellngg more than Coke and Pepsi in Finland

Ashraf November 24, 2012 0

Angry Birds games. Angry Birds t-shifts. Angry Birds theme cards. Angry Birds credit cards. Angry Birds coffee cups. Angry Birds stuffed toys. Angry Birds non-stuffed toys. Angry Birds… soda? Say what?

Yeah, it is real. Rovio, the developer of the insanely popular Angry Birds game, knows how to build a [...]

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