The founders of The Pirate Bay, one of the best directories for BitTorrents, have been broadsided by charges of conspiracy to break copyright law in their homeland, Sweden.
Before now they’ve managed to dodge anything like this as they don’t actually hold any dodgy stuff on their server – instead they just act as a go-between.
The 4 are having their collars felt because they’re making money through copyrighted material – not by selling anything but through ads on the site.
The Swedish authorities have long been under pressure from major record companies and film studios to clamp down on The Pirate Bay’s activity.
Plaintiffs in this new case include Warner, Columbia Pictures, MGM, EMI and Universal.
If they’re found guilty they will go down for 2 years each. They say they’re not causing any harm. I think I’ll leave that to the Judge. What do you reckon?
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