Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/27/2012

A 10-year-old girl attracted the attention of the Finnish authorities by downloading an album by her favorite pop star from the Pirate Bay website. After tracking her IP address, the Helsinki police showed up at the door of her family’s apartment. Her parents are now liable for a €600 fine, and the police have confiscated her Winnie-the-Pooh laptop.

In other news, the violent protests against President Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood continued in Cairo and smaller towns across Egypt. Meanwhile, Muslims in Malaysia have demanded that the singer Elton John be banned from entering the country because of his “immoral” behavior.

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