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Pirate Bay Trio Lose Appeal
nk497 writes "Three of the four founders of The Pirate Bay have lost an appeal against their conviction last year of helping to share copyrighted material. It wasn't a total waste of time, however. The three have had their one-year jail sentences cut to between four and ten months. (The fourth founder was too ill to appear in court, and will appeal separately.) The foursome also had their fine bumped from 32 million kronor ($4.5 million) to 46 million kronor ($6.5 million)."
So, based on 12 mos, to 10 mos, and 4.5 => 6.5. I'd rather do 16 1/2 months and not give them a dime.
I'm sure that's not a real option...
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By the way, who gets the money (besides the lawyers)? Sweden, or the *IAA?
... Do you know where the nearest convenience store is?
Me: Yes, take this street to the first light, turn right, it's 3 blocks down on the left.
(later)
Police: You are under arrest for aiding in the robbery and murder of three convenience store clerks.
In Sweden, I would be very hesitant about giving directions since merely pointing in the direction a crime may take place can land you in jail.
It becomes impossible to enforce it against everyone, but it becomes perfectly possible to enforce it against just those people someone in power doesn't like.
Yes, Rosa Parks disobeyed the law, but her disobedience only served to highlight the illegitimacy of a law based on the color of one's skin.
you give this example, then proceed on to .... what exactly ?
the example above invalidates ALL the stuff you can say in objection to the parent poster.
rosa parks disobeyed the law. only her disobedience, AND others following her and refusing to use the public transportation system (which is basically another disobedience, totals to disruption of public peace in an organized fashion by the way), and, continual, organized disregard of laws for segregation by mlk and his comrades, had resulted in change of those practices.
else, rosa parks incident would just happen and die out.
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Actually, by that logic giving a book a bad review would also be stealing, since you're costing the author lost sales as well....
Lost sales are a very sticky matter, and personally I've always found it a bad argument to base legal action on.
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That system is still being used (successfully) to fund large sectors of the arts in this country.
You sir are a nut case who apparently lives in a fantasy land where the average person can change a law in a legal way opposed, not to the majority, but by the wealthy minority.
When no one in power listens to your voice the only act left to those who oppose it is the method of civil disobedience. Which you seem not to understand.
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Yet the pirate bay still stands tall. We best start ordering some of those tshirt they advertise to help pay their fine.
Wearing t-shirts is undoubtedly a very efficient form of protest, but someone got to actually run those servers also. Now that you know this can land you into prison for several months - any volunteers for some "civil disobedience"?