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Court jails Pirate Bay founders
Court jails Pirate Bay founders
BBCNews - April 17, 2009
Submitted by apujanata (14935) at 4:29PM PST on April 17, 2009
A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case.
Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail.
They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages.
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1apujanata posted on Industry News at 7:00PM PST on April 17, 2009. RE: Court jails Pirate Bay founders@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.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]bids
1KultofCows posted on Industry News at 6:06PM PST on April 17, 2009. RE: Court jails Pirate Bay foundersFrom the article:
"Speaking at an online press conference, he described the verdict as "bizarre".
"It's serious to actually be found guilty and get jail time. It's really serious. And that's a bit weird," Sunde said."
I'm surprised that after all the cases in the US in which producers of file sharing software had been ruled as aiding in copyright infringement that these 4 guys are as surprised as they sound in the article that they were being tried in court and found guilty. It's not that they thought they wouldn't get caught, it sounds like they are completely oblivious they did something wrong.
"We can't pay and we wouldn't pay. Even if I had the money I would rather burn everything I owned, and I wouldn't even give them the ashes."
But then here it sounds like he was on some kind of crusade against the music and movie companies from the start.[ Admin ]bids
18apujanata posted on Industry News at 4:29PM PST on April 17, 2009. Article: Court jails Pirate Bay foundersA court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website, in a landmark case. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail. They were also ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages.[ Oracle ] [ Level 30 ] [ Rank: 14935 ]
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The obvious intent is to send out a message but I feel they are sending out the wrong message. I strongly doubt that this will have any impact other than force the activities further underground.
What I find bizarre is that fact these guys have been jointly provided with a custodial sentence for providing what is in effect infrastructure support coupled with a huge fine, very bizarre.