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Pirate Bay Gets a 4,000-Page Complaint

Posted by kdawson on from the ianal-but-that's-a-lot dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Swedish prosecutors appear to be close to finally pressing charges against The Pirate Bay, having served them with 4,000 pages of legal papers. While this might appear bad, the administrators have already moved some of the servers out of the country, so Swedish prosecutors can't shut it down, even if they want to. Moreover, the people of Sweden are decidedly on their side, with the Pirate Party, which is sympathetic to TPB's cause, being one of the top ten political parties in the country. Still, this looks like a dirty trick on the part of the prosecutors — like they're dumping all of this on the defendants in the hope that they won't have enough time to sort through it and defend themselves. For comparison, the second-biggest murder case in Sweden required only 1,500 pages."

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  1. Re:So what? by guruevi · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well, if TPB was in clear violation of the law, why aren't they already behind bars? I'll tell you, because unlike here in America, you are still allowed to set up a site with moderated links to content where occasionally there might be illegal content (like Google but less automated).

    We used to call it free speech, you know, that newfangled hippie thing the 'founding fathers' established. TPB and other content providers already had their servers pulled by overly active police forces being coerced by the American RIAA and that led to quite a public and international scandal with protests and everything. People over in Sweden still value their freedoms unlike you and are more patriotic than any US citizen it seems.

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  2. Re:So what? by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    People over in Sweden still value their freedoms unlike you and are more patriotic than any US citizen it seems. Nice generalization, jackass. No, really, you're a jackass for that comment. There are still people in the US who value their freedoms, and try to stand up for them, it's not our damn fault that we can't change the country by ourselves.
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  3. Dirty Trick? by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I could probably fill 4000 pages with questionable practises made by the Pirate Bay and the consequences they cause. Good on them for not holding back!

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  4. Mod parent up, informative by Xiph · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    who in the retarded candyfloss pits of hell modded parent as flamebait?

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  5. You want to ass-rape them? by FatSean · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I never understood you authoritarian types. So many of you giggle with glee when confronted with the idea of a person who copied a few bits being sexualy violated. Do you have self esteem issues around women (or men, as the case may be)?

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