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Pirate Bay Founder Begs For Hacker Ceasefire
Barence writes "Pirate Bay's co-founder has pleaded for hackers to stop attacking the sites of those organizations lined up against him. Peter Sunde is on trial with Pirate Bay's three other founders for allegedly distributing copyrighted material. The trial is about to enter its fourth day, and in a gesture of support for the four men hackers have begun assaulting plaintiff websites, beginning with that of the The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The campaign has caused concern in the Pirate Bay camp, prompting Sunde to write a post titled 'We're winning, stop hacking, please' on his blog."
"Cease fire boys, we got 'em where we want 'em!" Reminds me of my old Staff. Sergeant. Even if TPB wins, I imagine this will change the front of file-sharing once again and new technology will emerge. I'm just curious what it will be...
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Comments towards the end of TFA suggest the hackings may be sponsored by the IFPI/MPAA so as to make the Pirate Bay look bad. It would be amusingly absurd to see counter-hacking by TPB supporters keeping the "enemy" sites up.
I find it amusing that the same mind that could be outraged at the prosection of "four innocent men... accused of copyright infringement" would then go on to say "we urge the public to boycott and lynch those responsible".
Boycott, sure. Protest, fine. Even a little creative vandalism is good. But lynching?
I would say someone has their priorities out of whack. Either they haven't thought this through or they are just *that* dumb that they would offer "support" to someone on trial by calling for violence against the plaintiffs.
I thought hackers were supposed to be ingenious and creative thinkers. Not the equivalent dumbass jocks on a rampage.
I've got a bad attitude and karma to burn. Go ahead. Mod me down.
I hope English isn't your first language.
after 1789. to stop violence.
they liked him ( he is the lead of the group who worked on and wrote declaration of the rights of man ), respected him, but they were SO fed up with aristocracy and what they lived in their hands that noone heeded the pleas to stop violence against aristocrats.
its something like that. 3% of the population is trying to suppress 97% of the population like those times. 3% is the corporations and the i.p. industry, and 97%, the people, like the last time.
i dont need to remind you what happened after 1792.
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In fact, as annoying as the trial is, this is how a court system should work. There is an ambiguity in law. The copyright owners believe that one is true, the Pirate Bay believes another thing is true. Rather than complaining that the process of justice is moving along, we should be thankful that we live in a world where somewhere such a process is available, and the Pirate Bay was not just summarily destroyed and the people involved were not just summarily fined to oblivion, which is what happens in America.
I hope that the rest of the world is not being infected with the meme of the court system as a tool of the criminal, because it is sure nice to have an place where a relatively impartial educated person can hear and adjudicate on legitimate differences of opinion.
"She's a scientist and a lesbian. She's not going to let it slide." Orphan Black
Another take on this is to let a wider sympathetic audience know that there is hacking going on. By giving more people the idea, they are probably insuring that a new wave of attacks on the plaintiffs' internet assets will occur.
By stating this as a plea to cease, they also get to claim that they have no control or involvement in any illegal hacking that is occurring. The can adopt the moral high ground and demonstrate that they are trying to curtail illegal activity being perpetrated by less savory individuals.
Well played, sir. Well played.
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So, if they are found guilty, what's to stop "interest groups" from going after gun manufacturer's next saying that they are enabling criminals? And after that auto manufacturer's for enabling drunk drivers for after all without cars we wouldn't have drunk drivers. Whatever happened to personal responsibility and holding the actual criminals responsible for their actions?
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IANAL, but I would imagine that the plaintiff would need to first prove that the assaults on their site are being caused by the defendant, not the other way around.
IANAL either, but wouldn't his blog post (a public statement) alone be at least some good faith towards disproving that the attacks were not by them? Even if the jury would not regard any counter-argument as highly as the original argument (and the "we're winning" part might just piss them off, frankly), it would at least look good on their part for not being the hackers in question, err, possible question (?).
we gave a year to certain people as a promise not to interfere, things are not getting better they are getting worse. and no pirate bay had and has nothing to do with any of it. look at there PR mans blunders as a sign that they know they are going to lose if they don't smarten up.
now causality will occur on a scale they haven't seen for some time. If you notice you don't see north american attacks that often though they do infrequently occur.
Like one poster said when 3% aggravate the larger 97% you can be sure that even 1% of the 97% is enough to make them quake.
THEY brought the suit , they got the laws its htere system. this is our system
don't even think about stopping. no mercy! take them bastards down, now!
Does Sweden even HAVE a jury system?
I am in the back seat of a cop car, you insensitive clod!