Anti-Piracy Police Take Girl's Winnie The Pooh Laptop in House Raid

Finnish anti-piracy police raided the home of a nine-year-old girl accused of illegal file sharing and confiscated her Winnie The Pooh laptop.

CIAPC, the company that had the Pirate Bay blocked in Finland, tracked an alleged file sharer and demanded a cash settlement from the owner of the house. The house owner- the father of the girl - received a letter from CIAPC, also known locally as TTVK, demanding €600 and a request to sign a non-disclosure agreement. However, the man refused to pay and this Tuesday, the Finnish police showed up at his door with a search warrant, and took his daughter's Winnie the Pooh laptop.

"It would have been easier for all concerned if you had paid the compensation," the police advised the girl's father, according to TorrentFreak.

"At that point my jaw hit the floor," the father said, "and I wasn't sure if I was awake or dreaming. So the investigator suggested, between the lines, that I empty my wallet and keep my family in hunger for the next two weeks so that they could get rid of the case? What the f*** ... is this how it goes? I could evade justice by skipping Christmas this year?"

Ironically, the young girl hadn't even succeeded in her attempt to download a tune, and she and her father had actually purchased the tune the next day. Her failure to download the tune from The Pirate Bay means that CIAPC/TTVK was acting not on an actual copyright-infringing download, but instead on a mere attempt.

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