Pirate Bay Day 5 — Prosecution Tries To Sneak In Evidence

Hodejo1 writes "On the old Perry Mason TV shows, it was a common sight to see someone burst into the crowded courtroom at a dire moment and confess aloud that they, not the defendant, killed so-and-so. In reality, courts do not allow evidence to enter trial without a chance for the opposing council to view it and for a judge to rule on their admissibility. Yet, in the fifth day of the Pirate Bay trial, lawyers for the prosecution again tried to sneak in surprise evidence while questioning defendants. The judge put his foot down this time, telling lawyers for the state, 'If you have documents which you eventually plan to use, you need to hand them over now.' The prosecution continues to struggle in court. In one humorous moment, prosecutor Håkan Roswall tried to show how 'hip' he was with technology when he questioned defendant Peter Sunde. 'When did you meet [Gottfrid] for the first time IRL?' asked the Prosecutor. 'We do not use the expression IRL,' said Peter, 'We use AFK.' The defendants are not out of the woods yet. Lawyer and technology writer Richard Koman wonders aloud if the Pirate Bay's 'I-dunno' defense is all that much better."

Comments

Re:Caught red-handed, some unofficial translations

[cliffski]

"the prosecution acts like a five year old"

I suggest you read the various smarmy bullshit TPB frontmen have issued over the years before accusing the prosecutors of being immature. The attitude of "theres nothing the court can do even if they win" and "we dont have any money so its tough" just reeks of petulant children refusing to tidy their room.
And one look at the legal threats page is enough to prove that those guys treat the law as a joke they can ignore. Remind me how well that attitdue goes down with judges?

Re:FAO Editors

[i-CONICA]

The word you're looking for is "counsel", not "council".

It's council in UK English.

Re:FAO Editors

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not their fault. They are Americans. They have no idea that life continues outside their border, or that they are the ones who spell words incorrectly and just arbitrarily drop vowels out of words.

Re:What scares me most

[cliffski]

answer me this mr pirate party.
Who is infringing copyright, TPB or the uploaders?

if its TPB, they should be fined and possibly imprisoned. If its the uploaders, then TPB have a duty to assist law enforcement by providing timestamps and IP addresses of every uploader.

Agreed?

Or do you genuinely believe that copyright is teh evil and we would be better off if nobody who produces content ever got paid?