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Pirate Bay Day 3 — Defense Requests Dismissal
Hodejo1 writes "Yesterday was a big day for the Pirate Bay when half of the charges against them were dropped leaving only the lesser charges of assisting making copyrighted material available in place. TorrentFreak is following the English twitter feed of the trial in the wee hours of the night, documenting more missteps by the prosecution. 'The Pirate Bay trial is moving forward rapidly and again the day in court has ended early. On the third day the prosecution presented the amended charges. The defendants all called for acquittal while Carl Lundström's lawyer scored points with the already legendary "King Kong" defense.'"
I must admit, I'm quite shocked as to how this trial is going - I would of though The Pirate Bay owners would be holding onto life rafts at this point, rather having 1/2 the charges dropped and making a bold request for the remaining ones to be dismissed.
I really thought that the Pirate Bay's argument is just a "dictionary" or "search engine" like Google and Yahoo would just fall apart in the courts. Unlike Google or Yahoo, the Pirate Bay cannot claim that it serves a larger legitimate and legal forum for free content - The name of the site alone implies it's true purpose. Likewise, they refuse to remove content that is knowingly infringing (and taunt the owners when they are asked to remove it) seems to contradict their defense that they do not aid in contributing to illegal content.
If I were to open "FindAHitman.com" where 'clients' and 'plumbers' can meet to discuss person arrangements, I think I would have a hard time justifying myself as just 'a site that connects individuals, not providing any illegal services'.
Whatever - So goes the European court system.
You know what - fuck you, buddy. Don't tell me how informed I am by reading three sentences tossed off in the middle of the night. I'm well versed in this issue, and more importantly, I realize that this topic, like Microsoft related posts, is how a significant chunk of Slashdot users masturbate mentally.
I masturbate mentally by pointing out the masturbation. It's very meta.
It's a bit like proving your research is valid because you reference something that references back to you.
Waitasec, that's what's called scientific proof, ain't it?
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