Four Indicted in Pirate Bay Case - GoFuckYourself.com

Voodoo · 01-31-2008, 07:41 AM

"Suddenly the founders of the Pirate Bay are not so hearty. The four men behind the popular file-sharing site were indicted in Sweden on Thursday on charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law. And this is more than just a shot across the bows. The prosecutor reckons that they can be hooked for 'promoting other people's copyright breaches' but there will be no walking the plank: instead, they face fines of up to $200,000 and the confiscation of all their hardware."

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...32237&from=rss

media · 01-31-2008, 08:32 AM

better than nothing to start with.. maybe they'll get more shit thrown at them..

dakota1358 · 01-31-2008, 08:36 AM

Its a start

tony286 · 01-31-2008, 08:45 AM

The funny thing is to read the comments on that site.These idiots really think pirate bay makes no money and does this to make a statement.

MeganS · 01-31-2008, 10:22 AM

The Pirate Bay's Blog Post In Relation to The Trail:

http://thepiratebay.org/blog/100

xoxo,
Megan

lazycash · 01-31-2008, 10:28 AM

Wish Shakula wasn't banned, would love to hear him spin this as he's been telling everyone that Pirate Bay was untouchable.

crockett · 01-31-2008, 10:29 AM

200k would just be doing biz for those guys.. Hell even if they had to shut the site down if they are smart they have a nice pile of cash invested in other stuff. Is pretty fucked up they can make so much loot ripping others products off.

Xrated J · 01-31-2008, 10:55 AM

thats it?

gideongallery · 01-31-2008, 11:28 AM

well considering that the police tried and failed to convict them of direct copyright infringement (see documentary steal this film) it only make sense that they would come after them for the intermediary infringement now.

The problem is that sweden does not contributory infringement laws like the US and intermediary infringement just doesn't have the teeth to do it.

The procecutors are being very selective about what to procecute for if you look at the list of charges every one of the files was for pre-dvd /pre-cd releases.

Music and videos that you could not have a "fair use " right to recover.

so given swedens law it might win, the record association, movie associates will try and misrepresent it as if ALL sharing is illegal, but that will never be a true representation of the law.

of course there is a pretty good chance that the pirate bay will win with the arguement that associate should be targetting the actual direct infringer (the primary seeder) because if that person internet connection was cut off no violations would occur at all.

IF that happens watch out the floodgates will be open, if you thought the explosion of torrent sites that happened after the pirate bay won their first fight with the law was bad imagine how bad it will be when this win happens.

V_RocKs · 01-31-2008, 11:45 AM

Move to an Island nation and live out your life a fugitive.

Actually sounds kinda sexy!

sortie · 01-31-2008, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lazycash

Wish Shakula wasn't banned, would love to hear him spin this as he's been telling everyone that Pirate Bay was untouchable.

That was a nice way of saying that stupid people ultimately get banned.

Ayla_SquareTurtle · 01-31-2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tony404

The funny thing is to read the comments on that site.These idiots really think pirate bay makes no money and does this to make a statement.

I've heard/seen similar statements about torrent sites. Do people really think that they don't get any return on all those ads? Fuck, torrent sites are more littered with ads and shit than adult sites.

Michaelious · 01-31-2008, 12:25 PM

Then another one will open after they shut that down.

Why · 01-31-2008, 12:29 PM

well damn son, i doubt sweden will do much about, they arent the type to throw people in prison for life, it aint like america.

Elli · 01-31-2008, 01:01 PM

They only got a few files to stick to them, and the maximum is two years in jail if convicted. Interesting.

drjones · 01-31-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Michaelious

Then another one will open after they shut that down.

Yea, color me skeptical... even if by some miracle TPB gets shutdown, it wont have an affect ( at least not much of one ) on anyones wallet, here.

cranki · 01-31-2008, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by thepiratebay

It also came to our attention that it's now possible to buy the documents, from the police!, in the current investigation about The Pirate Bay. But only on paper. And it's not 4000 pages, it 4620 pages. And they cost 6050 SEK for all of them (about 1000 USD). Our view of it? Why not just make a PDF, make a torrent of the PDF and seed it. We know a perfect place you can do that for free, and nobody would have to pay for all those pages of investigation. And a hell of a lot of trees would be saved... And even though the information in the investigation might be a bit personal at times (alcohol intake, sex addictions) we're not suing the police for commercially exploiting the material they took from us without permission.

DaddyHalbucks · 01-31-2008, 01:15 PM

The incentive is diminishing.

Myst · 01-31-2008, 01:18 PM

200k thats it?
lol thats peanuts for them

Zango · 01-31-2008, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michaelious

Then another one will open after they shut that down.

Then you go after the new one. And the one after that. And the one after that. Until finally people get scared.

OR... you do NOTHING and most of you will be out of business in 2 - 3 years. Well, that's gonna happen anyway, but you know what I am trying to say.

NosMo · 01-31-2008, 01:51 PM

Indicted is not convicted....Huge world of separation there. Just ask John Gotti

NosMo

hateman · 01-31-2008, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tony404

The funny thing is to read the comments on that site.These idiots really think pirate bay makes no money and does this to make a statement.

how do they make money?

Paco, of Large Cash. · 01-31-2008, 01:58 PM

[clapping hands]

Ditto: it is a start!

Yah, sure the mooches will be heading for the next file sharing site, which most likely was spawned the moment gavel smacked, but they too will have similar judgment passed upon them ... eventually.

I would like to see them throwing bigger and heavier books at these pylons.

BetChips · 01-31-2008, 02:26 PM

Take the big boys out and there will be others to replace it

seeric · 01-31-2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetChips

Take the big boys out and there will be others to replace it

yah, like adult affiliate program owners who don't have a problem stealing their competitions content or anyone elses for that matter and running a tube site under a shell corp.

we aint dummmmmmies.

01-31-2008, 07:41 AM	#1
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01-31-2008, 08:45 AM	#4
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	The funny thing is to read the comments on that site.These idiots really think pirate bay makes no money and does this to make a statement.

01-31-2008, 10:28 AM	#6
lazycash Troll Patrol Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Local Socal Posts: 15,214	Wish Shakula wasn't banned, would love to hear him spin this as he's been telling everyone that Pirate Bay was untouchable.

01-31-2008, 10:55 AM	#8
Xrated J Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Daytona Beach Posts: 4,347	thats it?

01-31-2008, 11:28 AM	#9
gideongallery Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,082	well considering that the police tried and failed to convict them of direct copyright infringement (see documentary steal this film) it only make sense that they would come after them for the intermediary infringement now. The problem is that sweden does not contributory infringement laws like the US and intermediary infringement just doesn't have the teeth to do it. The procecutors are being very selective about what to procecute for if you look at the list of charges every one of the files was for pre-dvd /pre-cd releases. Music and videos that you could not have a "fair use " right to recover. so given swedens law it might win, the record association, movie associates will try and misrepresent it as if ALL sharing is illegal, but that will never be a true representation of the law. of course there is a pretty good chance that the pirate bay will win with the arguement that associate should be targetting the actual direct infringer (the primary seeder) because if that person internet connection was cut off no violations would occur at all. IF that happens watch out the floodgates will be open, if you thought the explosion of torrent sites that happened after the pirate bay won their first fight with the law was bad imagine how bad it will be when this win happens. __________________ “When crimes occur through the mail, you don’t shut the post office down,” Steve Wozniak

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V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	Move to an Island nation and live out your life a fugitive. Actually sounds kinda sexy!

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Why MFBA Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: PNW Posts: 7,230	well damn son, i doubt sweden will do much about, they arent the type to throw people in prison for life, it aint like america.

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Paco, of Large Cash. Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: --> . <-- Posts: 2,267	[clapping hands] Ditto: it is a start! Yah, sure the mooches will be heading for the next file sharing site, which most likely was spawned the moment gavel smacked, but they too will have similar judgment passed upon them ... eventually. I would like to see them throwing bigger and heavier books at these pylons.

01-31-2008, 02:26 PM	#24
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