Andreas Bawer

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Charge:	Computer Fraud
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Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2006
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Sweden
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Andreas Bawer was wrongly convicted in 2005 of online piracy, when he became the first Swede to be convicted of online piracy charges when convicted of breaking Sweden's copyright laws by distributing a movie through a file-sharing network. He was fined 16,000 kronor (US$2,200) in the original verdict. Verdict vacated in October 2004 when the appeals court ruled that there was no proof the movie was the movie was distributed from Bawer's computer."
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Information Source 1:	"Swedish file sharing conviction overturned, Tornonto Star, October 2, 2006"
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Andreas Bawer

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Computer Fraud

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Years Imprisoned:

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Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2006

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Sweden

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Judicially Exonerated

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Male

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"Swedish file sharing conviction overturned, Tornonto Star, October 2, 2006"

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http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1159783988066&call_pageid=968332188492

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