Thousands of teenagers who had been accused of violating copyright rules on the Internet will be pardoned. The prosecutors' office says some 10,600 teens had been accused of online copyright violations between March and May this year, and 7,800 will be cleared of criminal charges.

The prosecution decided to be lenient with people under the age of 19 to reduce the number of teenagers with criminal records since most of them were found to have been unaware of the consequences of downloading and sharing copyrighted songs. First-time offenders are to be let off.