I guess you all know that there’s this big trial in sweden against Pirate Bay. The prosecutor and representatives of the media business are charging them with aiding and abetting copyright violations and all that crap because of the site and torrent tracker. And the defense is saying “no haven’t done anything wrong”…
The fun thing here is that from a legal stand point they didn’t (as far as I understand it). Morally they did ofcourse and their disregard for copyrights and encouraging anarchy is way off, but nothing they can’t get convicted for. And the swedish court system has time and time again proved that they are all about the letter off the law rather than the spirit of the law so it’s my bet they’ll walk away free.
For whatever it’s worth, either way the losing side will appeal and we’ll be right back here in a year or so…
stoff
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