Sep 24, 2008 • 1 min read

Chinese teenager arrested for filesharing

A 14-year-old boy in Hong Kong has been arrested by Chinese customs officials on suspicion of uploading around 2000 songs to the internet, and has been freed on bail.

A 14 year old boy in Hong Kong has been arrested by Chinese customs officials on suspicion of uploading around 2000 songs to the internet. The boy, who has not been named for legal reasons, is accused of uploading mainly Cantonese dialect songs to an internet discussion forum, which he then advertised as free downloads. According to the The New Zealand Herald, the boy has been freed on HK$2000 bail and is awaiting charge while the investigation continues.

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