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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. No retrial... by mariushm · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just in case someone jumps to conclusions...

    This just means there will be no re-trial, but the Pirate Bay still has an appeal, it doesn't mean they have to pay to fine or go to jail yet. That's still far away.

  2. biased bias judge... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Note that the judge B (Anders Eka) deciding if judge A was biased was himself a member of a pro-copyright group. The whole thing is disgusting.

    http://blog.brokep.com/2009/05/20/google-is-your-friend/