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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RE[3]: wah?
by asupcb on Fri 17th Apr 2009 19:52 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: wah?"
asupcb
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The arguments for intellectual "property" remain essentially the same. Certain aspects of life have not changed dramatically in the last couple of hundred years. Outside of dramatic decreases in poverty due to the acceptance of market economies, very little is different.

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