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Pirate Bay Retrial Denied, Judge Declared Unbiased

Posted by timothy on from the charge-them-USD80k-per-file dept.

bonch writes "A Swedish court has ruled that the judge in the PirateBay trial is unbiased and there will be no retrial. Stockholm District Court defended the judge's membership in copyright organizations as a necessity to 'keep up with developments in the field' and that merely endorsing the idea of copyright law was not grounds for a mistrial. The defendants must now rely on the appeal process, while one defendant has written on his Twitter account that the PirateBay will also be suing Sweden for human rights violations."

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  1. Re:New Definition of Human Rights by fooslacker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Um how so? I hate the outcome but show me a lack of due process due process. Again, I may think the outcome was wrong but again they had a trial with the ability to ask for a mistrial for bias and with the ability to appeal when that failed. I think the decision was biased and bad but I can't really argue that there wasn't/isn't due process.

  2. Re:I can see this happening in the US by freedom_india · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Exactly.
    And i need to be a member of the Mafia to understand its internals.
    What hogwash is the Swedish court saying???
    If this were US, the judgement would be set aside.
    All Nordic countries are stupid and dumb.

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  3. Guilty as charged by leereyno · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm sick and tired of hearing about this crap.

    They are guilty. Trying to weasel out based on the fact that the judge wasn't completely blind to the fact that they were guilty is horse shit.

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  4. Agreed. by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    We can agree on two things here.

    You're sick and tired.

    -FL