First French P2P 'pirate' fined ?10,200

A French teacher was yesterday fined ?10,200 ($13,300) in France’s first major illegal file-sharing prosecution.

Alain Oddoz, 28, was arrested on 18 August 2004 following an investigation into music-sharing information site France Barter by French law enforcement agencies. The teacher, one of 302 regular users of the site, was accused of sharing 30GB of music files, Le Monde reports.

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