Man Tried to Burn Down Telecoms Watchdog to Avenge Pirate Site-Blocking

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Man Tried to Burn Down Telecoms Watchdog to Avenge Pirate Site-Blocking
August 17, 2019
https://torrentfreak.com/man-tried-...tchdog-to-avenge-pirate-site-blocking-190817/

While copyright holders and many governments see site-blocking as a reasoned and measured response to copyright infringement, some people view it as overkill.
For former student Pavel Kopylov, blocking of pirate sites in Russia has gone too far. So, to make his displeasure obvious to Roscomnadzor, the government entity responsible for carrying it out, last year he attempted to burn one of its offices down – three times.

Interfax reports that a court in the Ulyanovsk region has now sentenced the man for repeatedly trying to burn down Roscomnadzor’s regional office. He received 18 months probation but the prosecution intends to appeal, describing the sentence as excessively lenient.
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