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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. New Definition of Human Rights by wizden · · Score: -1, Troll

    Human rights violations? WTF. I think the judge is obviously biased and I disagree with the decision, but what human rights are being violated? What a bunch of self righteous pussies we are becoming. Read some history.

    1. Re:New Definition of Human Rights by Darkness404 · · Score: 0, Troll

      Show me which part of Swedish law they violated. Show me the files on their site that were in violation of said law. Oh wait... Your just a troll with no evidence to back up your statements....

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      Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
  2. Re:Link for Transformers 2 movie download needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The real news here is that Michael Jackson is dead.

  3. Re:Justifying piracy by BikeHelmet · · Score: -1, Troll

    I criticized Linux's sound subsystems the other day, and got modded troll.

    Then I praised the DirectSound API in another thread, and got modded troll.

    Then I praised OpenAL as a solution to platform lockin, and got modded troll.

    I conclude: I am a troll.

  4. Re:I can see this happening in the US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Congrats Slashdotter. You just equated creative rights with violent racism.