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The Pirate Bay Seeks Interesting Route To "Pay" Fine
Drivintin is one of many who have written to tell us about how The Pirate Bay has taken an interesting approach to the 30 million SEK fine levied in their recent court case (which they said they wont pay). "The bill inspired anakata to devise a plan involving sending money to Danowsky's law firm, but not to pay the fine of course which they say will never be paid. Anakata's clever plan is called internet-avgift, internet-fee in English. Anakata encourages all Internet users to pay extremely small sums around 1 SEK (0.13 USD) to Danowsky's law firm, which represented the music companies at the Pirate Bay trial. The music companies will not benefit from this, instead it will cost them money to handle and process all the money."
I'd say a lot of people are rather contemptuous of the court that 'convicted' the T.P.B. people.
Just remember they'll make you sit there while they count it.
A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
To help pay for compensation, I shall contact my banking establishment to inquire if there is any possible way to make daily recurring payments of Superman III sized amounts of money to Danowsky's law firm.
My work here is dung.
^^^ Just my 2 cents.
I'm contemptuous at everyone and everything. except a tuna sandwich.
That's crazy. What has it come to when you have to fight for them to take your money =)
I'm a tuna sandwich, you contemptuous clod!
I'm contemptuous of tuna sandwiches. I'd prefer a nice MLT - mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe...
Mmmmm...
They're so perky, I love that.
Mess not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
Sue who? I have never heard of a class action where the defendant was the "class".
RIAA v. John Doe #1-#58272
There's only one way to find out. /popcorn
How do I go about doing this? I'm in the US, and I don't know how to use the given address to process an electronic transfer.
Hell yes, I'll send them a nickel - then ask for it back!!! This is funny as hell. (And yes, I DO enjoy expressing my contempt of officials and/or officious boobs. It is MUCH more enjoyable when done face to face, but this will work for me!)
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
Maybe you should go after the actual copyright infringers?
They already tried that, and you whined up a storm then too, remember?
And here I expected to see something about them offering the music companies some free downloads of the latest music albums and movies.
"Is there some other way I can pay you?" only works in pornos.
I'm a tuna you insensitive clod!
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I'm an insensitive clod, you!
plan is called internet-avgift, internet-fee in English.
I think this is the root cause of the pirate bay's entire problem with the local MAFIAA.
Apparently the word "avgift" translates as "fee." So, the MAFIAA saw that the pirate bay was facilitating the gifting of all kinds of audio-visual material, they thought the pirate bay was raking in the fees and so the MAFIAA wanted their cut.
Has anyone explained to the MAFIAA that none of the users gave the pirate bay any fees?
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
For some reason one of the british tabloids was running some kind of investigation where they encouraged members of the public to send in letters and artifacts protesting against gay rights. A few people i knew researched the royal mail freepost they had on their incoming address and realized it'd take any second-class mail package.
They sent them a broken washing machine.