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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. Re:Oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What?

    The WikiLeaks "thanks to the following" list doesn't even include TPB.

    1. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press (RCFP)
    2. The American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE)
    3. The Associated Press - (AP) world wide news agency, based in New York
    4. Citizen Media Law Project
    5. The E.W Scripps Company - newspapers, TV, cable TV etc.
    6. Gannet Co. Inc - the largest publisher of newspapers in the USA, including USA Today
    7. The Heast Corporation - media conglomerate which publishes the San Francisco Chronicle
    8. The Los Angeles Times
    9. National Newspaper Association (NNA)
    10. Newspaper Association of America (NAA)
    11. The Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA)
    12. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 13. Public Citizen - founded by Ralph Nader
    14. together with the California First Amendment Coalition (CFAC) 15. The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF)
    16. the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
    17. The Project on Government Oversight (POGO)
    18. Jordan McCorckle, the University of Texas

    Take a look at their advisory board too - http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Advisory_Board
    I don't think WikiLeaks is in danger of collapsing due to lack of support from the 3 guys who run a torrent tracker...