STOCKHOLM - A 44-year-old Swedish man is being prosecuted for illegally sharing thousands of music files on Direct Connect network. He's the first person to appear in court for such activities in Sweden making this a test case for the Swedish copyright law.

  According to the music industry body IFPI, the accused has made 13,000 MP3 files available online. However, the prosecutor is focusing on just four songs: "It Must Have Been Love" by Roxette, "There Must Be An Angel" by Eurythmics, "Sarah" by Mauro Scocco and "Vara vänner" by Jakob Hellman.

  The man claims that he intended to upload just a few individual songs to be shared, but instead uploaded his whole collection of songs. He believes the case against him is unfair. "It's wrong to find someone guilty for something that millions of people do," he told Borås Tidning.

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