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- isuisorisuaint, on 01/31/2008, -8/+593when 1 goes down, 2 more will take its place.
- Narcism, on 01/31/2008, -3/+325The indictments! They do nothing!
- tomtom10, on 01/31/2008, -13/+297this case is lame, they will walk away unharmed
the prosecutor got nothing - protogenxl, on 01/31/2008, -5/+273Why are they stopping there? The Swedish government should also charge every Personal Electronics, Computer, Photocopier, and Media manufacture in the world with "being accessories to breaking copyright law".
- narehart, on 01/31/2008, -5/+215THIS JUST IN: Smith & Wesson indicted on multiple counts of murder.
- thinman1189, on 01/31/2008, -4/+206The charges won't stick. The Pirate Bay guys know what they're doing..remember the raid? Yeah, because so much came from that. Besides, there's growing support for them amoung Swedish lawmakers.
- pigfister, on 01/31/2008, -7/+111American law is not global YET.
a way to stop them is to boycott all their products, only purchase 2nd hand music and films ppl until their onslaught of controlling media has ended with the death of anti consumer tactics such as global price fixing(region coding) and DRM.
The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. - beardsauce, on 01/31/2008, -4/+86The Swiss have nothing to do with this, seeing as they are from SWITZERLAND, and this is taking place in SWEDEN.
- atomicwedgie, on 01/31/2008, -2/+82An indictment just means they can charge them... it does not mean the charges will stick. These guys know what they are doing and how to use the law. Soon enough they'll be drinking a beer at the local pub, pointing at the prosecution members and laughing.
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -1/+80This is Sweden you saddlebags, this is Scandinavia, Socialism is a good word in this part of the world, and justice murder is not an everyday event.
The will NEVER EVER get jailed.
Mc Cain is more likley to change his campaign slogan to "Legalize it!" than anyone getting jail time over this.
And if they get fined and the servers are taken, It wont matter, wont change a thing. It will only make community more militant and aggressive.
This whole thing is a ***** court case brought forward by American lobbyist organizations pressuring the Swedish government. It will not stick.
Good Luck next time Riaa/mpaa/axis of evil.. - burymeup, on 01/31/2008, -12/+82How many times has this already happened? Is this even news anymore?
- KraftDinner101, on 01/31/2008, -2/+69Then every ISP is an accessory to breaking copyright law.
- barnett25, on 01/31/2008, -3/+69"plenty of room in the jails."
Umm... no there's not. - FluffyWolf, on 01/31/2008, -3/+60Jail time for assisting to breaking copyright law? Not a chance. You don't even get time for breaking copyright law. They might get some fines though.
- thinman1189, on 01/31/2008, -2/+58And you base this on what?
- GhostM, on 01/31/2008, -0/+55"If you kill me, somebody will take my place. And if you kill him, somebody will take his place. And if you kill him... ... that's pretty much the end of the story, we are finished and the town is yours..."
-Homer J Simpson - fr3nch13, on 01/31/2008, -4/+57But here's the thing. There is no copyrighted material on The Pirate Bay (unless you consider titles and lyrics). A tracker is put up by a user, and distributed by multiple users. The Pirate Bay doesn't put up those trackers. This would be like suing Craig every time someone posts a hit on an ex-boyfriend on his list.
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -1/+53And the general population. A Swedish politician supporting this "war against piracy" are likely to loose over it elections.
That my friends, Is democracy:) - inactive, on 01/31/2008, -7/+58Should we sue google for being a bigger search engine to pirated content? These guys did nothing wrong. Its unacceptable.
- P5ycHo, on 01/31/2008, -5/+51"being accessories to breaking copyright law"
Also guilty: Every PC maker, Every ISP, Every OS maker, Even the Linux distro people (for using p2p which promotes p2p/torrent use).
They are all guilty of enabling end-users to "breaking the copyright law".
Total BS. Pirate-Bay will prevail.
CounterSue !!!!! - rhylan, on 01/31/2008, -3/+42This could turn out to be important....
- MWeather, on 01/31/2008, -1/+38Well it would take like $20,000 to legally fill up an iPod. 80GB/4mb = 20,480 * .99 = $20,275.2
- uberfu, on 01/31/2008, -0/+35I totally agree_
Also - the following is a list of advertisements that came up during a random search at TPB:
Blue Lithium
Equifax
Adult Friend Finder
Verizon
Shopping.com
Hydroderem facial cleanser
Alltel
Argosy University
Capital One
TaxAct
eBAY
Lasik Vision Institute
I searched for the generic term "office" - it came up with 34 pages of results_ As I cliked from one page to another these banner ads displayed_
Since they are ALL potentially gaining revenue from people who frequent TPB maybe they should be charged as well - the CEOs jailed and the companies fined for contributing to piracy_ - blackmage439, on 01/31/2008, -2/+37I've thought about this for a long time. If copying CDs only as a backup on your personal computer is illegal, than Microsoft is guilty of copyright infringement for making it so damn easy to rip a CD in Media Player. I understand that there is a disclaimer the first time you rip a CD in WMP, but in the RIAA's eyes, it doesn't matter.
- h4ckler, on 01/31/2008, -0/+34Maybe TPB should get into the ISP business?
- orangefly, on 01/31/2008, -2/+35mcdonalds for heart disease
Anheuser bush for liver failures
and intel for geeks not getting laid.... - SpaceRibs, on 01/31/2008, -1/+29I'd rather have TPB than comcast thats for damn sure.
- theaceoffire, on 01/31/2008, -0/+28True, but cut off a string's head and you get two strings!
They don't control bittorrents, they don't create the torrents. They simplify an already easy process. - moontime, on 01/31/2008, -3/+29Long live The Pirate Bay!!!!
- Awall, on 01/31/2008, -4/+30The Swedish are different from the Swiss.
- orangefly, on 01/31/2008, -3/+27you sir....are off my christmas card list....
- infinitiesedge, on 01/31/2008, -1/+24Something not being illegal is a loophole? o O
- bagelmaster, on 01/31/2008, -1/+23RIAA/MPAA are more of a terrorist organization if you ask me. Trying to use fear and lawsuits to suppress file sharing... too bad for them it's failing horribly.
- FeargusMcDuff, on 01/31/2008, -0/+22If TV links is anything to go by, 1 will go down, 100 crap substitutes will fill the place, then 3 months later someone will clone and launch SWASHBUCKLING BAY, and everything will be back to normal.
- pictureDIGGER, on 01/31/2008, -7/+28[Too Hot for TV]
- CedEx, on 01/31/2008, -6/+27Would a library be an accessory if it puts a photocopy machine near the book aisles?
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -7/+27I hope you get jailed purely for your smug, arrogant attitude to not giving away people's intellectual property.
- thinman1189, on 01/31/2008, -4/+24Any room for fascists?
- rullingen, on 01/31/2008, -4/+241) There is nothing these guys have done thats Illeagal
2) The servers now span several countries, they cant be shut down - sweetdeals, on 01/31/2008, -0/+20Step 1: Explain to the judge, in an intelligent and respectful manner, how the torrent system of filesharing works.
Step 2: Walk out of court. - directrix13, on 01/31/2008, -2/+22So when is Anon going to take on RIAA / MPAA? Probably the same day that Bush says that Anon is a terrorist organization.
- NightVortez, on 01/31/2008, -2/+22What makes a good man go neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were they just born with a heart full of neutrality?
- inactive, on 01/31/2008, -2/+22Actually there probably is in Sweden. It's the US where everything is criminalized that we have full jails.
- Bhima, on 01/31/2008, -3/+22*THIS* is what came from the raids. Not saying that this is going anywhere just saying that part of your comment didn't make much sense.
- thinman1189, on 01/31/2008, -0/+19This case will set precedence for the entire pirating....industry?
- championchap, on 01/31/2008, -0/+18Torrent'd
- entrophize, on 01/31/2008, -5/+23Attrition is to be expected. They can't possibly 'indict' everyone involved with TPB.
- SpaceRibs, on 01/31/2008, -3/+21I just want to quote something from Wikipedia on Accessory as a legal term
"An accessory must generally have knowledge that a crime is being, or will be committed. A person with such knowledge may become an accessory by helping or encouraging the criminal in some way, or simply by failing to report the crime to proper authority. The assistance to the criminal may be of any type, including emotional or financial assistance as well as physical assistance or concealment."
I agree with you, it's going to be hard for the proscuter to pin down what that assistance was, just setting up a service that "could" be abused isn't exactly the clearest water to swim in. - fr3nch13, on 01/31/2008, -1/+19Maybe in Sweden, but not in the US.
- Scira, on 01/31/2008, -1/+19Do what you want cuz a pirate is free!
Crap is that song coppyrighted? -
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