An IT expert published by the Interim Court

What brings this computer expert, Embrone, to court? The collection of hits from the summer of 2018, or “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu” movie: In total, the High Authority for the Dissemination of Works and the Internet Rights Protection (Hatobi) cited 1,021 violations related to protected works. This forty-one is sufficient to prosecute the works from September 2018 to September 2019 for counterfeiting, for unauthorized breeding or distribution between November 2016 and October 2019, and for lack of security of its facilities on the same dates.

At the bar, the person defends himself without a lawyer. The IT expert denies the facts because according to him it is an IP address fraud – a sequence of numbers that identify a link. “This internet connection is for work only. If I had wanted to download anything I would have done this in other ways. As everyone knows, there are even “tutorials” on YouTube. “

“Anyone here can cheat a box”

With his business, moreover, did he not work for one of the Hatobi service providers? With a phone operator? In short, he knows the inner workings, he assures us: with the techniques that exist today, it is impossible to know if an IP address has been tampered with. Making your own facilities more secure is “inaccessible”.

Then come the procedures that brought him to court. No, he did not receive warning emails from Hatobi because they were sent to a “junk address” created by his access provider. Nothing more than a warning by mail. Therefore, when summoned by him to avoid prosecution, he refuses to pay the amount demanded 280 pay. “I feel like I’m cheating,” he says. So he is on trial. He concludes: “Anyone here can steal a box. ”

The court acquits him of counterfeiting and dissemination of protected works. This is a fine of 600 suspended for lack of security.