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Swedish Authorities Attempt Pirate Bay Shutdown
Several sources are discussing the recent attempted shutdown of The Pirate Bay by Swedish authorities. It seems that following the recent court defeats and the pending civil actions, Swedish authorities threatened TPB's main bandwidth supplier with a hefty fine in order to get them shut down. Not surprisingly TPB has relocated and is back online although the tracker still seems to be down. As a gesture of their "appreciation" TPB plans on sending a mocking t-shirt to the people believed responsible for the takedown attempt.
Derp derp.
I took something I didn't pay for.
I'm not stealing.
Derp derp.
We do it on a massive scale, and we're an organized band of non-stealers.
We're not pirates.
Derp.
just to stick it to "the man" so to speak.
The point of all this is that you have to consider the character of the man who is being stuck. In this case, he's a bloodsucking money vampire who deserves everything he is getting and more.
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
The law is nothing more than a legislative grant to content owners to use criminal laws to preserve their own profit.
How is it any different from laws against theft, which is also a criminal act?