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Two Conviction for Copying CD's
The two owners of the internet
café, Ciber Café, in San Joaquín
de Flores, Heredia, were
convicted by the Tribunal de
Juicio de Heredia to two years
in prison for selling music
downloaded from the internet.
Accordint to court records, in
July of 2002, an agent of the
Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) visited the
internet café and asked the
manager to produce a compact
disc of Elvis Crespo.
The agent was charged ¢800
colones (us$2 then) and paid
with a marked colones note.
Following the purchase, the OIJ
obtained a court order to raid
the premises where police found
the marked note and signs
offering reproduction of compact
discs, among other incriminating
evidence.
The two men were charged and
convicted for violation of "Ley
de propiedad intelectual" -
copyright laws.
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