Pirate Bay Retrial Denied, Judge Declared Unbiased

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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[Anonymous Coward]

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[kdemetter]

Seed please.

I can see this happening in the US

[e9th]

"Judge Bauregard P Burnside today justified his membership in the KKK saying, 'I have to keep up on current civil rights developments.'"

Re:I can see this happening in the US

[e9th]

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Re:clarification

[Anonymous Coward]

poetmatt:

Everyone is quoting this wrong. The only part denied was the one based off the bias.

From the Summary:

A Swedish court has ruled that the judge in the PirateBay trial is unbiased and there will be no retrial

poetmatt:

The only part denied was the one based off the bias

Summary:

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

poetmatt:

Also, they still have the appeal

Summary:

The defendants must now rely on the appeal process

Sorry, who is getting this wrong?

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Re:clarification

[Anonymous Coward]

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A tip on using comma characters...

Re:clarification

[Anon1072]

I'm not sure how swedish law works

That's ok. Swedish judges aren't sure either

Re:Justifying piracy

[mdwh2]

I know, it's turned into a place full of straw men.

Re:New Definition of Human Rights

[cliffski]

This trial is about whether or not they broke Swedish law. As slashdotters constantly whine on about, they claim they have done nothing wrong under Swedish law.
If they are right, then what's the problem? the judge supprots Swedish law (duh... he is a JUDGE), and TPB guys claim innocence under that law.

If they are pretending to be freedom fighters who want to CHANGE the law, they need to talk to politicians, not a judge. In fact, your first step in changing a law is to get yourself lawfully caught and arrested under it so you can show its injustice.
Thats if you actually give a fuck... rather than just trying to wangle out of a prison sentence at all costs like these guys.

BTW judges are set by politicians elected by the people. If they set harsh drug or copyright laws, then that represents the will of the people. If thepirateparty have 60% membership, you may have a leg to stand on, but the majority of Swedish voters clearly like the current law as it stands, and thus they fully expect (quite reasonably) that the police, and judges will enforce that law.

I would hate to live in a country where politicians are voted in to make laws, but judges ignore them. Only on slashdot would people pretend that's a good idea (just to justify piracy).

Re:New Definition of Human Rights

[cliffski]

Very very very bad analogy.

If my neighbour spends his time acting as a local directory enquiries for drug dealers, I am very very keen for that guy to be arrested.
Just because he isn't handling drugs doesn't mean he isn't helping facilitate a drug problem in my area.

Its amazing the crazy bullshit that gets rationalised by people who want to justify pirating music.

Re:New Definition of Human Rights

[cliffski]

why was the trial not fair?
The judge believes in and supprots swedish law. You seriously would prefer a system where judges make up the law on their own?

besides, if TPB are right and what they are doing is legal 'under swedish law' wtf are they worried about?

Re:New Definition of Human Rights

[cliffski]

if the judge had been a linux using member of the FSF, you guys would have cheered like maniacs, and INSISTED he was not biased.

Re:how did they ever thingk they would win?!

[cliffski]

nope. technology changed and the law was changed to keep up.
Amazingly, 100 years ago it was legal to drive in the Uk whilst talking on a mobile phone.

Re:The Ruling is Complete Garbage

[cliffski]

put your tin foil hat away. If the judge had been a member of the FSF you would have declared that perfectly acceptable.
You guys insisted they would never go to trial, they did
You guys insisted they would never be found guilty
They were
You guys insisted there would be a re-trial. There won't be.

Face it, this went to court, they were found (quite rightfully) guilty as hell.
Deal with it.