@KultofCows, I think it is because culture and law in Sweden are probably much more lenient toward this kind of things (anti copyright). Witness this text from article : "There is a lot of anger in Sweden right now. File-sharing is an institution here and while I can't encourage people to break copyright law, I'm not following it and I don't agree with it."
"here it sounds like he was on some kind of crusade against the music and movie companies from the start." Not surprising if you read this text from the article : The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals.
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I think it is because culture and law in Sweden are probably much more lenient toward this kind of things (anti copyright).
Witness this text from article :
"There is a lot of anger in Sweden right now. File-sharing is an institution here and while I can't encourage people to break copyright law, I'm not following it and I don't agree with it."
"here it sounds like he was on some kind of crusade against the music and movie companies from the start."
Not surprising if you read this text from the article :
The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals.