The Pirate Bay - trial

[130R]

The verdict on their latest court case is due tomorrow, what do you think, guilty or not guilty?

[Puggit]

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Heart is saying 'Not Guilty'.

Would be brilliant and fair if that result was returned.

[130R]

Puggit said:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7999563.stm

You must of heard of the pirate bay surely?

[Puggit]

Thanks for the link - it's what I needed as I'd forgotten.



Sadly, the establishment won't let them win - no matter how legal their enterprise is...

[SkinnyBoy]

article said:

Representatives of the Swedish music industry have been vocal in their criticism of The Pirate Bay

Roxette still going?

[him_over_there]

The Pirate Bay guys have been great during the trial.

From the media reports I have read they have not taken it at all seriously.

[asbo]

So no more pirate bay after tomorrow then?

Balls

[TonyHetherington]

Won't file sharing sites just go round in circles? Napster, Pirate Bay, I'm sure there are many others....

...one becomes big. Taken to court. Turns "legal". New one opens up. Becomes big. Taken to court...etc. etc.

[asbo]

Well yes, but then as presidence becomes set, the penalties for infringement become greater and greater I should imagine

[jkennyd]

The Pirate Bay was a great site. If they are found guilty its going to be a sad day.

[him_over_there]

jkennyd said:

The Pirate Bay was a great site. If they are found guilty its going to be a sad day.

I will be amazed if they are found guilty, the prosecution has been comically inept when it comes to understanding the technology.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

asbo said:

So no more pirate bay after tomorrow then?

Balls

bbc said:

One of the founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has said he anticipates victory in the court battle over alleged copyright theft. [quote]

piratebay defendent Peter Sunde said:

We are quite confident we are going to win.

We still don't think we have done anything illegal under Swedish law.

We don't share any files; we just link to material.

The Pirate Bay will continue. Nothing is going to happen if we lose, for a multitude for reasons, not least because we will immediately appeal.

[MrV]

him_over_there said:

jkennyd said:

The Pirate Bay was a great site. If they are found guilty its going to be a sad day.

I will be amazed if they are found guilty, the prosecution has been comically inept when it comes to understanding the technology.

A lot will boil down to if the judge understands though

I would have thought it is just a case of moving to a country that is even more lax on its copyright laws

[MrV]

Well they have lost round one.

The Pirate Bay trial: guilty verdict

Swedish court sentences four co-founders of notorious download site The Pirate Bay to a year in jail and a $3.6m fine



The four co-founders of website The Pirate Bay have been found guilty of assisting the distribution of illegal content online by a Swedish court today and have been sentenced to a year in jail and a $3.6m (£2.4m) fine.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/17/t...

[Oakey]

I'm shocked to be honest, not what I was expecting. A year in prison and a huge fine for saying "hey, over there is free music" *points finger*

And I had to think long and hard where this thread might appear.

Will it be in the Lounge? Probably not

Computers and Stuff? Maybe

Music? Could be

News & Politics? Ah, there it is

[john_p]

There are so many places they should be looking other than The Pirate Bay ..

[him_over_there]

That's a shocking result.

[Penny-lope]

Eek....

[TonyHetherington]

Blimey.