[Rumori] Pirate Bay (fwd from last week)

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this case has progressed a lot since then:

Half of Pirate Bay charges dropped
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5754740.ece
Half the charges against four men accused of internet copyright theft
have been dropped by the Swedish prosecutor

a nice story about one of the lead experts pro file sharing:
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-witness-wife-overwhelmed-with-flowers-090227/

check out this sweet cartoon by dylan horrocks, a nice dude and
accomplished comicite!
http://dylanhorrocks.vox.com/library/post/not-copyright.html

& they just seized a TPB server computer.

for the latest:
http://news.google.com/news?q=pirate+bay&scoring=n

...now to match that jaws theme to a disco beat!

<3

On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 8:43 AM, { brad brace } <bbrace at eskimo.com> wrote:
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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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