Finnish police confiscated a laptop for a girl who downloaded an album from torrents

A nine-year-old girl lost her laptop with Winnie the Pooh while investigating a copyright violation case. The girl found Kisu's album through Google on The Pirate Bay , and downloaded it for review. However, its IP address was calculated by the Finnish organization TTVK . She sent a letter demanding compensation in the amount of 600 euros.

The girl’s father says that they didn’t succeed in launching the downloaded songs, so the next day they went to the store and bought a CD. My daughter then went to a concert of her beloved singer. Father sent photos of the CD and concert ticket to TTVK in the hope that this would serve as a mitigating factor. But it did not help. On Tuesday, November 20, there was a knock on the door. The police came with a search warrant - and confiscated the instrument of crime, that is, a laptop. Taking away the laptop with Winnie the Pooh, the police said that it would be better for everyone if they paid compensation.

The girl’s father says that she still can’t believe in the reality of what is happening, that it really is. He said that his daughter was not punished. “Even adults sometimes don’t know how to use a computer, what do you want from a nine-year-old girl,” he says.

In defense of the girl, representatives of the Electronic Frontier Foundation have already acted, as well as singer Kisu herself, who additionally published a link to a page with her free music on Spotify.

Representatives of the Pirate Party of Finland welcomed the commentary of the singer, but noted that the songwriter in such a situation is not able to influence anything.

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