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- xerus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+60I'm glad to see that the pirate bay raid was such a clean, smooth, and successful operation.
- ryanknapper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+60Google says: 200,000 Swedish kronor = 27,187.2 U.S. dollars
- rocke86, on 10/12/2007, -3/+54Why not sue for more? Equal to what the riaa and mpaa bribed the Swedish Police with sounds right.
- Brewdaddy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Not enough! I'm feeling seven digits minimum.
- Zipp425, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42We all saw this coming.
- goatrandy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+42xerus - Sorry to see you modded down like that, but Digg users don't understand sarcasm. Especially after 8pm, because then all we understand is drunk (Like that Marco guy).
Don't worry though, you got MY Digg, although I'm SO drunk I can't remember which 'thumb' I clicked on. :)
*Edit - By the time my drunk ass posted this you had gone from -3 Diggs up to 2. I guess Digg has a way of auto-correcting itself. Ain't democracy grand. - Brewdaddy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+38They deserve far more than that for being in the line of fire which shouldn't have existed. Seriously, the RIAA should pay every bit of the compensation and issue an apology.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31"Seriously, the RIAA should pay every bit"
It as the Swedish government that 'dropped the ball', and allowed themselves to be manipulated by a foreign organization (the AA pigz).
And it was the Swedish government that then went and told their own police to violate the law, and act according to their wishes, contrary to normal law enforcement.
So ultimately, the government will have to pay for this.
The police were also at fault, by following the orders of the government, when they knew there was no crime. They should pay some fimes too, for being lackeys.
But, if the bribe money that the AAs paid ends up going to cover the fines, then ultimately the AAs would have paid -- just to make fools of themselves.
They could have saved their money....we already think they are fools!
Seems it would be appropriate that the fines should be well in excess of any bribe money that was paid.
THIS is just such AWESOME news! HAAAA HA
- Smarterdanu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26MPAA not RIAA
- m0laria, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2710 businesses at 27,000 USD each = 270,000 possible total.
- 16x9, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22> Smarterdanu wrote: "MPAA not RIAA"
Two sides of the same triangle. The third side being represented by a bunch of bought-and-paid-for U.S. Congress Critters. - 16x9, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14> hammydude wrote: "When in doubt, blame the government"
I don't blame the government when I'm "in doubt." I only blame them when I'm certain it's their fault. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13If there is any justice, the "Swedish State" will push that tab right in the face of the MPAA.
- cvelusc, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13That's the kicker... If there was a bribery, how much did the bribing organizations have to pay?
P.S., I think Mr. Tumnus may be a graduate of ITT Technical Institute: http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7861/fawn7wb.jpg - eddiddiums, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Maybe the cops should learn how to read, because I seem to remember an earlier article on this topic mentioning the servers were clearly labeled as to which ones did what.
Obviously I have no way of knowing if this was the case or not, but if that is correct it should be an open and shut case. - SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Hopefully this marks the last time the Swedish government will disturb the Pirate Bay on the RIAA or the MPAA's orders.
- NadeChaser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I just love the new logo on the pirate bay site.... glad I'm not the MPAA right now.... I sure bet it doesn't feel good to be owned by a few sweeds running a website.
- pbjorge12, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I wish they would sue the MPAA/RIAA and the swedish police...
- Brewdaddy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9A solid point. You must admit, though, that the MPAA and RIAA are greedy douches who have conducted a jihad (ruining some poor clueless suckers' lives in the process) in the name of artists who don't actually get a cent of the "damages" won by their legal teams. Would you say that the Pirate Bay is the lesser of two evils?
- metacoola, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8For those who say thats barely any money, you have to remember, people usually in countries in europe don't sue very often. Unlike here in the states, when they do sue, its only for what they need to get by. At least thats what my Serbian friend told me..
- ArcticCelt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Probably because they will never win an outrageous high amount if they try to. The phenomenon of suing everybody for any reason and winning ridiculously high amounts of cash is more of a USA thing. 27 000$ seams low compare to all those stupid multimillion dollars cases but those cases are in the USA and probably would not have a leg to stand on with Swedish law.
- rocke86, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Suing the mpaa and riaa will only increase the price of music and movies. The only way to harm the riaa and mpaa is to destroy them completely. This would be very hard like breaking the teacher's union.
- eddiddiums, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Ha! Diggs to both of you on that.
- MikeMacMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"During the raid, each and every server that was hosted by PRQ was seized, despite the proper labeling of each domain. Not only did the Swedish National Police succeed in removing ThePirateBay.org, but every other domain hosted by PRQ.
The seizure of these domains, which total between 200 and 300, affected a wide range of websites. "
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1205
I hope they collect every cent from the government. They had no right to take totally unrelated servers from other domains! - hereisandy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11That's it. Wow, They should sue for downtime and etc.
- rhawk301, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6This is total crap. If this ever happens in the US, there will be hell to pay. There are tons of ISP's who not only host physical servers for people, but virtual servers also. You can't just remove a whole server, because it may host all kinds of other things too. You have to work with the ISP to get all relevant data. They could have also simply blocked the IP address to the piratebay at the routers of PRQ. ugggh, bad days.
- nickj6282, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Well, the article says that these companies plan to demand the cash from the Chancellor of Justice, not sue. Flagged as inaccurate.
- zimm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5the real nice thing is... sweden is a place where these people WON'T get re-elected ever again.
screwed right out of a job. lmao - DarkSorrow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Tiestolexxy, the police was fooled. Antipiratbyrån (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau), the IFPI (International Federation and Phonographic Industry), and the MPA (Motion Picture Association) tricked them that the server was filled with copyright materials and misuse the taxpayer's money. So they cause a lot of problems to Swe about this and 10 companies is sueing the entire government for allowing this to happen
Honestly, those anti-privacy group shouldn't target TPB, TorrentSpy, SuprNova.org, and other torrent site. Because they just host the torrents. What torrent is just a info of where to get the file, that all what is it. it just a piece of info to look the file to get/ It didnt even have a copyright material inside it, not EVEN one material, it just a piece of freaking info of how and which to get it.
RIA/MPA and any anti-privacy group is targetting the wrong group. They should target the peers who is uploading the file. TPB is not ALWAYS copyright materials, some people use it to share their own movies, some trailers and stuff. - EV1CR8R, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I hope the Swedes learned that doing things the American way leads to American style problems .
- Esstee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8One way or another this fallout will apply more pressure on the .se governments to revise there legal standing towards foreign copywrite laws.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7@goatrandy
"but Digg users don't understand sarcasm. Especially after 8pm, because then all we understand is drunk ."
So, just WHAT time is it right now, for digg users? LOL
(...guess I've still got some drinking to do...) - goffy59, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5This world is *****.
- WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What is that new logo? Looks like it might be a reference to a Phoenix, rising triumphantly out of the flames of its own demise. COOL!
- qaddafi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4wohoo! this is a kick to the MPAA's balls, bitch!
- MourningZoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Owned Sweden :-D
- Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6downtime lost profits im sure i can make up more excuses
- btnheazy03, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3See what happens when you collaborate with the MPAA? YOU GET ***** UP THE ASS!
- wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5These business should use RIAA math to determine their losses:
"# of possible connections*time per transaction*max transaction value= what they are owed"
The firms in questions were completely innocent, as was the rest the hosting company. They had done nothing at all wrong, and were financially harmed. Those responsible should pay. Oh, likewise, they should also pay for possible loss of business value and lost customers (use the very liberal method above to determine the damages due to loss of customer goodwill). - Paroparo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Precisely. They'd get millions in the Promised Land of Stupid Lawsuits, but this is Scandinavia we're talking about here.
- tysonwilliams, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Good for them! That should teach them a lesson!
- draebor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'll be happy when I see Dan Glickman (Chairman and CEO of MPAA) on a corner of downtown DC wearing a barrel and begging for nickels.
Maybe the swedish companies can sue him directly... - starmanjones, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3excellent.
- Mwinwood, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4....good job
- gummih, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3YARRR!!
- Brewdaddy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I bet I can pin it: tight-ass versus bad-ass. That's why I'm in favor of the Pirate Bay.
- ppnsteve, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i truely hope the Sweedish gov has to poay thru the nose for this giant breech of trust. It also makes you think... if the **AA's can buy a gov, what else can they get away with?
- hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Nah, The Pirate Bay's arrogance is cool in my book. Sony's on the other hand is lame. I haven't quite pinned down why I feel that way, but I do...though come to think of it, Freiza's arrogance came off better than Sony's, but not as good as The Pirate Bay's
- Zanneth, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Go Pirate Bay! I'm happy that they're sticking it to the man.
- samfrench, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3haha this is so funny the MPAA gets screwed: Police is pissed at them and have to pay fines for taking bribes, making them look like idiots, TPB is back up, and they are more popular than ever. AHAHAHA
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