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Pirate Bay Trial Ends In Jail Sentences
myvirtualid writes "The Globe and Mail reports that the Pirate Bay defendants were each sentenced Friday to one year in jail. According to the article, 'Judge Tomas Norstrom told reporters that the court took into account that the site was "commercially driven" when it made the ruling. The defendants have denied any commercial motives behind the site.' The defendants said before the verdict that they would appeal if they were found guilty. 'Stay calm — Nothing will happen to TPB, us personally or file sharing whatsoever. This is just a theater for the media,' Mr. Sunde said Friday in a posting on social networking site Twitter."
Update: 04/17 12:16 GMT by T : Several updates, below.
Thanks to all the readers who have sent in various other links related to this news, including the dozens who noted
the BBC's version of the story. Reader a_n_d_e_r_s submits a link to the verdict itself (large PDF, in Swedish), and writes "The sentencing is not unexpected (max verdict is 2 years in prison) and the damages is about 1/3 of what the companies that has requested damages had requested. Notice that no punitive damages is applicable." Reader yendor writes, "More details are coming and The Pirate Bay will be holding a press conference at 15.00 CET.
HakanRoswallGoatse points out that besides the jail term imposed (and barring the results of planned appeals), "the four men will have to pay $3,6 million in compensation for lost sales to 17 media companies. Among them are: Warner Bros. Entertainment, MGM Pictures, Columbia Pictures Industries, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Sony BMG, Universal, EMI, Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, and Activision."
HakanRoswallGoatse points out that besides the jail term imposed (and barring the results of planned appeals), "the four men will have to pay $3,6 million in compensation for lost sales to 17 media companies. Among them are: Warner Bros. Entertainment, MGM Pictures, Columbia Pictures Industries, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Sony BMG, Universal, EMI, Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, and Activision."
No the real bummer is that so many people like you think that they are not criminals. Last time I checked, its illegal to take something that is not yours and you didn't pay for. And it has been that way for thousands of years.
And to any response saying "But they are only providing the links". Give me a fucking break. You fully well know what they are trying to accomplish with their site. Don't pretend like its something its not. It is for encouraging piracy plain and simple.
And to any response saying "But they are only providing the links". Give me a fucking break. You fully well know what they are trying to accomplish with their site. Don't pretend like its something its not. It is for encouraging piracy plain and simple.
Mod parent flamebait. You've clearly given in to the advertisements you see when you pop in a DVD saying "You wouldn't steal a car would you!?"
Try doing a websearch for a torrent. Try doing a websearch for a crack. Try doing a websearch for a way to commit murder. By your train of thought, that means that "Google fully knows what people are trying to accomplish with their site," therefore they should be called in on charges any time someone uses their site to assist in committing a crime.
Also, fuck you. I have Karma to burn.
Posts not to be taken literally. Almost everything is sarcasm.
I'm sorry. Where do we have a right to copy others' work?
The same place we have a right to speak and write. That's all copying is.
If I had spent 2-3 years creating a novel, I certainly don't want somebody taking my labor without pay...
Don't worry, that won't happen: the only way to take your labor without pay would be to force you into slavery.
If you spend 2-3 years creating a novel, you're voluntarily performing that labor. And if you do it despite the fact that no one has offered to pay you for your labor, then you're voluntarily giving it away for free.
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do you have anything to back up that claim up bub?
she has been heroified so much now it is kind of hard to say what really happened back then, or if the white guy that tried to make her move really was an 8 foot tall ogre with bad breath and smelly feet like it says in the history books. see i can make things up too when i don't have to cite any direct sources.
Every person who has downloaded and used it has stolen 9 dollars from me.
BZZZT! Thanks for playing, but no. Copyright doesn't guarantee revenue or profit. It never has. If you truly lost $9 from that person, write it off on your taxes... see how much the IRS will believe you when you put in "piracy losses"... or "copyright infringement losses" as a deduction.
Copyright gives you control over how your creations are to be used, not the power of absolute profit and cashflow. It may be the *AA's taint seeping in, or you may be simply ignorant of the copyright model itself, but nowhere does it say "copyright guarantees money." You can copyright something and not charge for it, so where's the revenue lost when someone uses that work without the conditions laid out by the creator? (credit, wearing a pink hat... whatever...)
It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
The law in question states that knowingly assisting copyright breach is criminally punishable.
Citation needed.
Don't bother - these morons will spout off "making available" and "download != lost sale" and "omg my rights!" endlessly.
Piracy is illegal.
Pirates have some retarded need to justify their actions.
Hell, even the ones in Somalia try to blame someone else.
It doesn't matter that it's free to reproduce. It's not free to originate or distribute. You're still wanting something for nothing, and it's reasonable for artists to desire compensation when people obtain copies of their work.
I knew you were coming, by the way. Even though I never directly compared stealing music with stealing cars, you grabbed that strawman and tore right into him.
All I said was I don't buy cars I think are too expensive.
120 characters for a sig? That's bloody useless.