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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.
by sopssa (1498795) *
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Reviewing just the first hour of video games.
The deal that might provide such assets, a buyout offer of SEK60 million from Global Gaming Foundry, is mired in problems. The company's chairman quit this week amid reports that GGF could not come up with the cash, that it was misstating the facts surrounding its negotiations, and that some insider trading of its stock might be taking place. The company's stock has been suspended from trading for the second time in the last three months, though GGF still says that it will present the buyout plan to its board this Thursday. But who might GGF even buy the site from? The Pirate Bay defendants say that they transferred control to another company in 2006, which then transferred or sold ownership to a Seychelles-based company called Reservella. Ars has been able to confirm that "Reservella" was in fact registered in the Seychelles by the Mayfair Trust Group, a company which often sets up offshore corporations for others, though Mayfair would say nothing about the real owners. Everything about the deal suggests that The Pirate Bay defendants are still involved--including the fact that they still run the site, they were the ones who set up the negotiations with GGF, and they were the ones who explained the decision to sell.
I'm just telling that the intention counts in courts aswell. If its as clear as The Pirate Bay is and how they handled to all the DMCA requests (even if theres no such law in sweden, but common sense works long way), judges are going to see and punish for it. You cannot get around that with technical reasonings like "but we dont host the files, we just provide .torrent files". And before anyone jumps on the "but then Google should be sued and shutdown too" bullshit, everyone can see the difference between TPB and Google.
You should actually read the programs of the various Pirate Parties. You'll find that they list exactly what you're looking for, plus some anti-censorship, patent-reform and other intelligent proposals.
Assorted stuff I do sometimes: Lemuria.org
I can only counter with experience, but I've spent over $1000AUD on music this year, most of which (90%) I would not have bought without having downloaded it first.
"Anonymous could not immediately be reached for further comment." - International Business Times
But if you put up a speech from a Chinese or Burman disident, will it be taken down? No it wont no matter how hard their governments try.
And I think you might have forgotten things like TPBs support for the Iranian democratic movement.
And then there was the whole Arboga-case debacle which in no uncertain way showed how much more TPB cared about open information than expected revenue.
They really DO give a fuck about free speech, and they've shown it again and again!
Prosp long and liver.