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Pirate Bay P2P Trial Begins In Sweden
Many readers are writing to tell us that The Pirate Bay trial is now in full swing in Sweden. Looking at a possible two years in prison and $150,000 in fines (plus another $14.3 million if the record companies get their way), the battle of infringement is sure to be one of the most watched p2p trials. "The International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) which is representing the case of music and film producers, made a statement about the case on Friday. Stating, For people who make a living out of creativity or in a creative business, there is scarcely anything more important than to have your rights protected by the law. Copyright exists to ensure that everyone in the creative world from the artist to the record label, from the independent film producer to the TV program maker - can choose how their creations are distributed and get fairly rewarded for their work. The operators of The Pirate Bay have violated those rights and, as the evidence in Court will show, they did so to make substantial revenues for themselves. That kind of abuse of the rights of others cannot be allowed to continue, and that is why these criminal proceedings are so important for the health of the creative community."
Any link to the torrent? ;)
The timing is priceless!I can only see this as a heads I win, tails I win for the Pirate Bay....
1) If they win, they win.
2) If they lose and have to pay $150,000 in 2 years or god forbid $14.3 Million USD, it's ok, in 2 years the USD will be as worthless as Zimbabwae dollars, so really $14.3 Million USD will be less than pocket change.
GO PIRATE BAY!
No trees were killed in the making of this post; however, many trillions of electrons were horribly inconvenienced.
It doesn't exactly read correctly, but this being Slashdot, I know I wasn't the only one who read that as "The International Federation of Pornographic Industry (IFPI)."
The confidence of ignorance will always overcome the indecision of knowledge.
5. ????
6. Profit!
mod me funny
Actually, it's really not a bother. Mathematics is generally its own reward.
May the Maths Be with you!
If it's anything I can't stand, it's those goddamn infringers !! I see them every FUCKING day !! Let's all find these infringers and send them off to the porky park gulash !!
They're stealing valuable ip, non-random ones and zeros, and all sorts of other stuff. Stop it, please. We only have infinity of them left :(
You just posted a link to a website that links to pirated content.
You are under arrest.
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
While probably this is going to end up in some stupidity like lawsuits against torrent software, TPB really doesn't have a leg to stand on. Yes, sure they aren't actually hosting copyrighted material themselves, but they do make money. And they make money by enabling people to breach copyrights.
Their defence holds up about as well as a pimp coming out with 'But I am not a prostitute! I just show the clients the girl and take some money!'
This is why Jesus is a goddamn thief. The bread and fish industries should have lynched that bread/fish-copying bastard.
But Hulu is an alien plot to turn our brains into mush so Alex Baldwin can eat them. :)
Remember, Slashdot does not have a -1 disagree moderation, and no, troll, flamebait, and overrated are not substitutes.
It's theft when C sells something for $25 and D sells it for $20.
It's theft when C buys the Rolling Stones but not the Beatles.
It's theft when C buys a cd and sells it on ebay.
It's theft when I walk on someone's lawn, since I have stolen their exclusive right to their property.
It's theft when I murder someone because I have deprived them of their life.
It's theft when an employer releases an employee, since the employee's livelihood has been taken.
Christ! Everything is theft!