Star Pirate Bay Founders Found Guilty, Massive Fine, 1 Year in Jail
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 17th Apr 2009 11:15 UTC, submitted by csynt
Law and Order Old World 1, New World 0. The four defendants in the landmark The Pirate Bay case, taking place in Sweden, have all been found guilty, and sentenced to one year in jail. They also received a hefty fine of USD 3.58 million to 17 American media companies, among which are Warner Bros. Entertainment, MGM Pictures, Columbia Pictures Industries, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Sony BMG, Universal, EMI, Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, and Activision. The defendants have already stated they will appeal the decision.
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End Intellectual Monopoly!
by asupcb on Fri 17th Apr 2009 14:31 UTC
asupcb
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2005-11-10

You all should visit this site.

http://www.againstmonopoly.org/

They have a really great amount of information online, including two books. One of which is their new book Intellectual Monopoly. I doubt you find any people who are more capitalist than the people on this site. They view patents and copyrights as crony capitalism and interference in the market by the state. Even if you don't agree with this position I think it is worth the read if you are interested in issues involving patent and copyright.

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