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Decriminalize File Sharing: This is an English translation of an article published in Expressen on 3rd January written by 7 members of the Swedish Parliament representing the Moderate Party. The article is all about advocating decriminalizing non-commercial file-sharing.

This article comes after government-appointed copyright analyst Cecilia Renfors released a report proposing to close down file sharers’ Internet connections, banning them from the online world. The responsibility to execute the ban is put on the Internet Service Providers. Internet Service Provides who refuse to cut their subscribers’ connections would be fined.

The article says

Decriminalizing all non-commercial file sharing and forcing the market to adapt is not just the best solution. It’s the only solution, unless we want an ever more extensive control of what citizens do on the Internet.

[via Columbia University School of Law]