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[4]: Suck
by hussam on Tue 21st Apr 2009 16:17 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Suck"
hussam
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2006-08-17

I DO have a problem with locking up people who provide a service which CAN be used to do something illegal.

I guess this will be overturned, even if it has to be at the third instance.

CAN? ffs! the thing is called "pirate" bay. what did you expect? At least name it "torrent" bay.
Also there's no reason why they can't only index legal torrent.

You guys are only pissed off because getting illegal content off the Internet will get slightly harder. Don't worry lol, there are still many ways to steal media.

Edited 2009-04-21 16:20 UTC

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