torrentfreak.com — The Pirate Bay verdict is being criticized by the Swedish public and protests are being planned. Opposition to the decision is widespread, indicated partly by the surge in new memberships to Sweden?s Pirate Party. It has seen its ranks grow by 20% in the handful of hours since the verdict and the number of members is increasing by the minute.
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optionalpirateApr 17, 2009
F**K THE RIAA!
Closed AccountApr 18, 2009
@tech42erlol +1
xeroxenithApr 18, 2009
But how would that apply to movies or games? Those can't be "performed". I'm genuinely curious.
vectoorApr 18, 2009
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honeybrassApr 19, 2009
There's one in Somalia. No, wait, those are actual pirates.
scotchwApr 20, 2009
From TFA, you can easily check the counter above the graph at the bottom.Membership > 32,000More than doubled since the verdict. Awsome
Closed AccountApr 20, 2009
There is no scary precedent. Google runs a search engine that indexes everything, TPB runs a torrent tracker from which it was proven they could have easily removed copyright material, but refused to. The TPB team used "the google argument" in court and it failed, because the court was able to see the very obvious difference.The only legal precedent that has been set is that torrent sites can no longer just plan on shrugging at the judge and saying "We don't host the content, you can't touch me!"And their belligerence does affect the situation, because it all goes back to intent. They act like a bunch of untouchable rockstars and emphasize constantly the fact that their site is used for piracy. And yet somehow people are stunned by the fact that the legal system got them.
mrteleprompterApr 21, 2009
So we should just let it go? You sound like an easy person to screw over and get away with.
anthropodeusJun 16, 2009
@XeroXenith - you have an interesting point. perhaps something that might be helpful in the area of games is the movement toward online multiplayer. i find that many times keygens work when used to break into singleplayer portions of games, but the online multiplayer portion, which updates automatically, is more resistant to it.as far as movies go . . . maybe product placement? =P