Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Thu 25th Jun 2009 16:40 UTC
Back in April after the four involved in the Pirate Bay scuffle were declared guilty of helping to break copyright law, the judge who gave the verdict, Thomas Norstrom, was found to probably be biased due to his involvement in several pro-copyright groups. After a long, cold, hard bout of deliberation, the Swedish Court of Appeals has actually found Norstrom unbiased, something rather surprising. This means that the charges against the guilty still stand.
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RE: "Found to probably be biased" - Uhm, nope.
by mrhasbean on Thu 25th Jun 2009 23:13
in reply to ""Found to probably be biased" - Uhm, nope."
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Now, don't get me wrong, I don't support the laws they broke. But they did break them. And in a society built on laws, that has consequences.
I suppose that is part of the problem, and our "authorities" know it and use it. Many people don't support some of the incredibly stupid laws we have - but at the same time support other incredibly stupid ones - and in our media (thought) controlled society it is near impossible to do anything about those laws we don't agree with, because if it's what we are "supposed" to believe it must be true and right, and anyone who goes against it gets "what's coming to them" either in the courts or in the media...
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2005-11-05
"the judge who gave the verdict, Thomas Norstrom, was found to probably be biased"
By whom? Not by any authority.
As to being surprised by the guilty verdict - only people who know nothing of Swedish law, which the Pirate Bay people were clearly in breach of, could claim to have been surprised. But that surprise rests in nothing but ignorance, probably due to having bought the Pirate Bay's spurious claims that they were doing nothing illegal.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't support the laws they broke. But they did break them. And in a society built on laws, that has consequences.