The government of Singapore has implemented its first crackdown on peer-to-peer file sharing since the introduction of new copyright laws in January, albeit on a small scale.
According to reports, following a tip-off from the Recording Industry Association of Singapore, three men aged between 16 and 22 were arrested last week, alleged to have distributed more than 20,000 files illegally via internet chatrooms.
Under the country's tougher copyright protection rules, internet users who share files on a "commercial scale" face a maximum of five years in prison and fines of up to S$100,000.
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