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New Threats Against Pirate Bay Owners

Posted by timothy on from the this-time-we're-really-warning-you dept.

angry tapir writes "The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn't, two of the founders will each have to pay a fine of 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$71,500), according to a verdict in the Stockholm District Court. This time it's Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg who are in the court's crosshairs. They have been forced to shut down the site or pay the fine. The court has stated that the site will have to remain closed unless Neij and Warg are exonerated on another similar case they're involved in, which is now on appeal."

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  1. Meanwhile... by AniVisual · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is still isohunt, mininova, demonoid and torrentreactor, all based in countries with different jurisdictions. Atop of that, there is still rapidshare, mediafire, and let's not forget the ol' IRC channels. I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of The Pirate Bay, torrent greppers or the torrent trackers, though.

    1. Re:Meanwhile... by bit01 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Also, why is this under "Your Rights Online?" Nobody has a right to illegally download copyrighted materials.

      Some astroturfers like to consistently and dishonestly conflate legal rights with ethical and moral rights, not to mention the meta-questions of whether legal rights (really, privileges in this case) should be assigned at all. It is not at all clear that one (1) person should be able to block what potentially billions of people could do, particularly when in the vast majority of cases it's a victimless "crime" (in fact it enriches society) that harms no one (they weren't going to buy it anyway). "Your Rights Online" is a good category to put related articles.

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    2. Re:Meanwhile... by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Informative

      I never downloaded anything except small .torrent files from them. No Linux ISO or Project Gutenbergs files.

  2. Re:Oh no! by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the wikipedia entry for Wikileaks:

    Wikileaks is hosted by PRQ, a Sweden-based company providing "highly secure, no-questions-asked hosting services". PRQ is said to have "almost no information about its clientele and maintains few if any of its own logs". PRQ is owned by Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij who, through their involvement in The Pirate Bay, have significant experience in withstanding legal challenges from authorities. Being hosted by PRQ makes it difficult to take Wikileaks offline.

    See those two names - the people who own the company that hosts wikileaks? See how those are the two people being sued in the article summary?
    Next time, try doing a little more research, like maybe checking the wikipedia article for the topic.

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