In a move surely designed as a deterrent rather than a punishment-fitting-the-crime, a 58-year-old grandmother has become Scotland’s first ever conviction for illegal filesharing in a landmark case.
The Guardian reports that nurse Anne Muir was sentenced to three years probation, after she was found to have downloaded more than 30,000 music files, with an estimate worth of £54,000 (AU$83,000). Muir was nabbed…
