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Italy May Hold Its Own Pirate Bay Trial

Posted by timothy on from the keeping-up-with-the-johannsens dept.

hyanakin writes with an excerpt from TorrentFreak: "Following the Swedish verdict, Italy is now considering starting its own trial against the people involved with The Pirate Bay. This would be the first criminal prosecution against the Pirate Bay 'founders' outside their home country." Funny thing: almost 20 years ago, CD stores in Germany all seemed to be full of bootleg concert CDs pressed in Italy.

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  1. Anyone else see a plot for a new action film.... by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    He was a pirate...his father was a Swedish pirate, his mother an Italian beauty...now he faces his greatest challenge.

    *queue music*

    *fade in* RIAA *fade out*

    *fade in* MPAA *fade out*

    *queue fast drum music*

    *flash quickly in time ot music to lots of scenes of kids downloading crap from their bedrooms and basements*

    Okay maybe not an action film...

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  2. Re:Will it be held in Naples? by genner · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Neapolitans have a bit of a reputation for taking things that aren't theirs

    Is that how they got 3 diffrent flavours in their ice cream?

  3. LOL @ .it domains by wulfmans · · Score: 4, Funny

    I admin an IRC server and the country that is always using the !List command the most is Italy (95% of the time). I am sure you all know that !list is how you trigger a fserv on IRC. What are they looking for you ask? WAREZ !!! It's gotta be a joke they would consider having a trial.

  4. Dear Italy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dear Italy,
    Blow it out of your bum.

    Sincerely,
    The rest of the world.

  5. Re:Jurisdiction? by unauthorized · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you were the Italian government wouldn't you rather go after 4 guys running a website than the mafia?

    The Italian government is not the mafia? My view of the world has been shattered!