Wife of Harried Pirate Bay Witness Gets Buried in Internet Love

treqie writes "During the trial of pirate bay yesterday, a professor (Roger Wallis) took the witness stand. He told the court things that the prosecutors did not want to hear. The prosecutors then tried to discredit both him and his team's work in the area, as well as his title, it was a real spectacle. In the end, the judge asked if he wanted compensation for being there — he replied that he did not want anything, but they could send flowers to his wife. Many listening online heard, and began sending her flowers, from all over the world. As of this submission, the sum is over 40,000 SEK worth of flowers. There's even a Facebook group for it."

Comments

Re:But what to send to the Prosecution?

[RandomChars]

A completely different and much grosser type of "Internet Love"?

Re:No connection between lost revenue and Torrents

[cliffski]

writing a paper is one thing. Converting it to a working business model is another. If you are so 100% sure that you have a better business model than these billion dollar companies, why are you wasting time doing an MBA when you could be retired on a gold plated island by now?

Re:STFU with "piracy" and "stealing"

[sbeckstead]

Oddly enough, the fact that you can't get the CD any more increases the value of those that do exist. At least to you. There is always trying to get a current owner to give up their copy. But nice try at a rationalization, it almost works.