Overview
- The Court of Frederiksberg sentenced the 40-year-old known as “KlammereFyr” to seven months’ suspended imprisonment and 120 hours of community service after a guilty plea.
- Denmark’s National Unit for Serious Crime said he shared at least 347 clips that drew roughly 4.2 million plays and distributed over 25 terabytes of copyrighted works via the Superbits.org tracker, also posting stolen images to RedGifs.
- He moderated r/SeDetForPlottet, a Danish offshoot of r/WatchItForThePlot that reposted nude scenes out of context; the subreddit is now invite-only with a notice that it will not reopen.
- Rights Alliance and the Danish Actors’ Association reported the activity to police in 2023 on behalf of actors, directors, and producers including DR and TV 2.
- A separate civil damages case is planned, and lawmakers are considering a bill to strengthen protections for people’s likenesses, including against AI deepfakes.