19 August 2008

A British woman has been fined over £16,000 for putting a game file on an online sharing network.

Topware Interactive won damages of £6,086.56 plus costs of £10,000 in this landmark case against the woman who shared a copy of its game, Dream Pinball 3D.

Three similar cases from game file sharers are currently pending in the UK courts.

Topware Interactive send out around 500 letters to UK citizens identified as sharing their game on P2P networks.