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Pirate Bay Team Sentenced to Jail
NewTeeVee —
... The folks behind The Pirate Bay — founders Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Fredrik Neij, spokesman and programmer Peter Lunde, and funder Carl Lundström — were hardly stony-faced about being convicted, and said they would appeal and don’t plan to pay the fine. Here’s an archive video of this morning’s exceedingly casual press conference, and The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde as quoted by the ...
Pirate Bay founders get book thrown at them...
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... In a bad week for pirates of all sorts, the Pirate Bay’s four founders were found guilty of helping consumers illegally download online music and films, handing the entertainment industry a victory in the battle to protect copyrighted material in Sweden. The penalty? One year in (Swedish) jail and $3.5 million in fines. While they probably make the money in a month of ad revenue, the year in jail is a big signal to torrent sites out there, that there are consequences to their actions. ...
Court Finds “The Pirate Bay” Founders Guilty
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
... guilty of facilitating copyright infringement. The arguments given by The Pirate Bay have always been that the site, which is a BitTorrent tracker, does not host the actual files themselves but rather torrent files that enable users with BitTorrent client software to download the actual files. That’s true, but I think the key in this case was that the arguments against the defendants used the term “faciliate.” After all, no tracker, no downloads. The site posted the following brief statement : So, the dice courts judgement is here. It was lol to read and hear, crazy verdict. ...
BitTorrent Site The Pirate Bay Admins Found Guilty, Sentenced to a Year [BitTorrent]
Lifehacker —
Administrators at popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay were found guilty of contributory copyright infringement by a Swedish court this morning and sentenced to a year in prison, according to Wired. The guilty gentlemen were also ordered to pay 3.6 million in damages to several entertainment companies a big win for Hollywood. The folks at The Pirate Bay keep their spirits up, responding with the embedded video and their classic sense of humor : But as in all good movies, the heroes lose in the beginning but have an epic victory in the end anyhow. That's the only thing ...
Pirate Bay Verdict: What Happened, What’s Next
The Inquisitr » Technology —
... “So, the dice courts judgment is here. It was lol to read and hear, crazy verdict,” states a message posted on a special press conference page. “But as in all good movies, the heroes lose in the beginning but have an epic victory in the end anyhow. That’s the only thing Hollywood ever taught us.” ...
The Pirate Bay Verdict and the Future of File-Sharing
Today @ PC World —
... , or VPN. Unlike other VPN services, The Pirate Bay promises its IPREDator will keep no logs of customer activity and therefore could never turn user information over to authorities. "As in all good movies, the heroes lose in the beginning but have an epic victory in the end," boasts a message posted to The Pirate Bay Web site Friday morning. "That's the only thing Hollywood ever taught us." If there's one Hollywood analogy to be made, it's that this storyline is far from finished. Rest assured, more sequels are on the way. Connect with ...
Pirate Bay Found Guilty: Jail Time for Founders
ReadWriteWeb —
... , the Pirate Bay team has been unusually quiet about the ruling (besides calling it a 'crazy verdict' on its site). You can, however, find an improvised interview/'press conference' with Peter Sunde, one of the co-fouders of the Pirate Bay, on the service's site. In the interview, Sunde compares his site to Google, as the Pirate Bay has always argued that it only offers the ability to find torrents, but doesn't host any illegal information itself. The Swedish court, however, argued that the site's purpose was solely to disseminate copyrighted material (and argument that isn't ...
The Pirate Bay Verdict and the Future of File Sharing
Today @ PC World —
... , or VPN. Unlike other VPN services, The Pirate Bay promises its IPREDator will keep no logs of customer activity and therefore could never turn user information over to authorities. "As in all good movies, the heroes lose in the beginning but have an epic victory in the end," boasts a message posted to The Pirate Bay Web site Friday morning. "That's the only thing Hollywood ever taught us." If there's one Hollywood analogy to be made, it's that this storyline is far from finished. Rest assured, more sequels are on the way. Connect with ...
Swedish court finds Pirate Bay file sharing creators guilty, Hollywood hails ruling
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... Moreover, one of the defendants, Peter Sunde, responded with an insouciant online video press conference in which he dismissed the verdict as “bizarre” and “stupid” and scoffed at the idea of handing over a cent. ...
