Yesterday the Criminal Court of Pamplona, Spain concluded that a man who downloaded over 3300 movies and undetermined amount of music did not break the law while doing it.

Although the judge acknowledged that the files were downloaded/shared, the defendant said it was for “private use or sharing with other Internet users” and since there was no financial gain, no crime has been committed.

The US movie industry, of course, is not happy (can’t remember the last time they were), and blamed the Spanish government for spreading a “misconception” that peer-to-peer file sharing is legal. Of course, there’s no misconception at all since the law clearly states that if there’s no financial gain, it’s not a crime.

Hats off to the Spanish for topping the list of copyright “infringements” with close to 25 million recorded cases.