The Pirate Bay = Guilty

TequilaClock · April 17, 2009, 10:35:29 AM

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/04/the-pirate-bay-verdict-guilty-with-jail-time.ars

QuoteThe Pirate Bay "spectrial" has ended in a guilty verdict, prison sentences for the defendants, and a shared 30 million kronor ($3.5 million) fine. According to the Swedish district court, the operators of the site were guilty of assisting copyright infringement, even though The Pirate Bay hosted none of the files in question and even though other search engines like Google also provide direct access to illegal .torrent files.
These two points formed the basis of The Pirate Bay's defense, but the court found them ultimately unpersuasive in its 107 page verdict. "By providing a site with, as the district court found, sophisticated search functions, easy upload and storage, and a website linked to the tracker," the defendants were guilty of assisting copyright infringement, the court said.
In an Internet press conference this morning, defendant Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi compared the whole trial to (of all things) The Karate Kid, a movie in which the good guy is roughed up by bullies, goes through a long training process, learns to "wax on, wax off," encounters his bully again in the final round of a karate tournament, and kicks him in the face with his "crane technique." Kolmisoppi sees parallels. In the end, he insists, "we'll kick their ass."

Damn.

DiscoBallClock · April 17, 2009, 10:37:37 AM

Fuck you, Swedish district court.

buttplug · April 17, 2009, 10:39:05 AM

Well this does not bode well for peer-to-peer sharing...

HotPocketClock · April 17, 2009, 10:39:29 AM

This is madness

MonsterMunch · April 17, 2009, 10:42:00 AM

Let us stand together and unite in song!

Yo, ho, haul together, hoist the colors high!
Heave ho, thieves and beggars, never shall we die!

The king and his men stole the queen from her bed and bound her in her Bones!
The seas be ours and by the powers where we will we'll roam!

hugh_ · April 17, 2009, 10:42:04 AM

[flash]http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/agnryfaic/ANIMASHUNS/AGNRYFAEC.swf wmode=transparent

RocketFetus · April 17, 2009, 10:43:29 AM

Won't change a thing.

DigitalLemonClock · April 17, 2009, 10:46:55 AM

they can prie their copyright from my cold dead hands

GodClock · April 17, 2009, 11:30:10 AM

Quote from: RocketFetus;1562272Won't change a thing.

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Munglai · April 17, 2009, 11:41:09 AM

Copyright laws are ridiculous these days. Music people just need to get used to not making as much money.

TequilaClock · April 17, 2009, 12:03:37 PM

The guys didn't even knew a shit about informatic issues, trying to explain them they didn't host any torrents would be like teaching calculus to a toddler.

BunnyClock · April 17, 2009, 12:09:04 PM

Daniel-san

NintendrCkolc · April 17, 2009, 12:12:46 PM

ph33r..

Blue · April 17, 2009, 12:25:40 PM

Quote from: & Bob;1562267This is madness

Madness you say?

THIS IS SWEDEN!

DingleberryClock · April 17, 2009, 12:34:53 PM

wtf prometheus and bob

Sweden never mattered and no one shall adhere to their law. P2P will never die and copyright laws are for Â¥Â¥Â¥Â¥Â¥Â¥Â¥.

WobbuffetClock · April 17, 2009, 12:59:48 PM

Quote from: Munglai;1562280Copyright laws are ridiculous these days. Music people just need to get used to not making as much money.

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TropicanaClock · April 17, 2009, 01:05:21 PM

a chantey gig goes out to my dead pirate brothas

DingleberryClock · April 17, 2009, 01:53:05 PM

The term "copyright law" is an oxymoron. You can't put a pricetag on art. How much does 5 minutes alone with the Mona Lisa run these days?

Roman Collar Clock · April 17, 2009, 01:56:45 PM

Well this won't stop me.

DingleberryClock · April 17, 2009, 02:00:32 PM

Effectively enforcing prohibition would be easier than stopping p2p.

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The Pirate Bay = Guilty