[Rumori] Pirate Bay (fwd from last week)

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PIRATE BAY COPYRIGHT TEST CASE BEGINS

A copyright test case involving one of the world's biggest
free file-sharing websites that could help music and film
companies recoup millions of dollars in lost revenues
started on Monday in Stockholm. Four men linked to The
Pirate Bay were charged early last year by a Swedish
prosecutor with conspiracy to break copyright law and
related offences. Companies including Warner Bros., MGM,
Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox Films, Sony BMG,
Universal and EMI are also asking for damages of more than
SEK 100m (EUR 9,2m) to cover lost revenues.^@ Sites like The
Pirate Bay allow people to download songs, movies and
computer games without paying and the trial is being closely
watched to see to what extent the entertainment industry can
protect copyright against Internet users. The accused -
Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik Neij and Carl
Lundstrom - denied the charges. The group that controls The
Pirate Bay, launched in 2003, says that since no copyrighted
material is stored on its servers and no exchange of files
actually takes place there, they cannot be held responsible
for what material is being exchanged. The prosecution says
that by financing, programming and administering the site,
the four men promoted the infringement of property rights by
the site's users. The trial could last as long as three
weeks and the four accused face up to two years in jail if
convicted.



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