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Whether because of bad luck or did not intentionally do it, A 58-year-old nurse from the Ayshire, Scotland, became the first in the country are punished for the actions of Filesharing.
Anne Muir was arrested after the intelligence of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), reveals that he is the users who take advantage of P2P Filesharing networks. Similarly, as quoted from the PC Advisor, on Saturday (14/05/2011).

Muir admitted that he had been distributing copyrighted material, mostly karaoke files worth 54 thousand Euros, illegally. There are approximately 75 thousand digital music files and more than 24 thousand karaoke files found in his PC, after Muir was arrested by police in Scotland.

Muir's lawyer, Lorenzo Alonzi, claiming that his client did Filesharing not for profit. "It must be underlined that the actions of my client not to seek profit," Alonzi said.

"Mrs. Muir did not try to distributing file on a large scale. He has the files because he was 'hoarders' a symptom of psychiatric disorder that is too obsessive. Muir for many years been suffering from depression, which makes his self-confidence is very low, "he added.

Muir will be presented at trial in Ayshire Sheriff Court this month.

"Muir illegally violate copyright law adverse record labels, musicians and music industry as a whole," said Mirian Watson, financial advisers from the territory of Ayrshire.

But the Open Rights Group (ORG) criticized these demands. "It is not clear how the music industry could be harmed by his actions. Muir is now facing charges of thousands of pounds and is labeled a criminal. But he did not much like a teenager who collect the tapes," said ORG.