Company B had demanded that Internet Service Provider A be ordered, under section 60a of the Copyright Act, to disclose to B the subscriber information pertaining to 34 accounts specified by way of IP addresses, as these accounts had been used to make copyrighted material available to the public without authorisation and to an extent that was significant in terms of copyright protection.

The public prosecutor brought charges against A, B, and C for a game offence and against D for a game offence as a young person. According to the charges, on 29 July 2017 the defendants had fished with rods, reels, and lures on the west bank of the Vetsijoki river between Bajitrochi and Vuolitluovosvárjohsuolu, that is, on state waters under the management of the Metsähallitus [State land and water management agency], without the requisite permit issued by the Metsähallitus.

The public prosecutor brought a charge for a fishing offence against A, a local Sámi. According to the charge, A had fished for salmon with a stationary net in the Utsjoki river between 8 August and 10 August 2017 and again between 14 August and 17 August 2017, that is, outside of the permitted fishing period and thereby in contravention of the Government Decree on Fishing in the Tenojoki Tributaries, issued on the basis of the Fishing Act.

The complainants had arrived to Finland from Thailand, for purposes of work in the wild berry and mushroom picking industry for a period of about three months.