Boy Fined in YouTube Defamation Case
Image: YLE, source: YouTube
A fifteen year old youth has been fined by the Nurmes District Court for showing a video of his teacher on the internet YouTube service.
He was fined 90 euros for defamation of character and ordered to pay a further 800 euros in damages to the teacher. The youth was also ordered to pay some 2,000 euros in court costs.
The video shown on YouTube, filmed at the school's May Day festival showed the teacher performing and singing. Attached was a text saying the video was from a mental hospital. The teacher's name was also mentioned.
The court determined the youth was mature enough to understand the consequences of his actions from the teacher's standpoint within the school environment.
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