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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)."
Where freedom is a crime.
...and aiding and abetting a crime is also a crime.
I'm as big a geek as the next slashdot guy but I just don't see how you can support piracy, as a software developer that has to make a living from writing software my lively-hood depends on profiting from my own work. Why do so many people believe that the pirate bay is a good thing when clearly it is not.
Because essentially you know there is crime taking place and not reporting it. That's a neglect of your civil duty. (Would you do nothing if you saw a robbery, rape, murder, etc...)
Elect right wing governments out of fear of minorities, and they start ripping away people's freedoms for the benefit of corporations and rich, and will say that it is for justice and economic prosperity.
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until people choose a REAL left wing 'extremist'.
it should be noted that ANY level of left wing 'extremism' in usa, would fall WAY too much towards the right of the spectrum than it should.
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yeah.
and how much wb, virgin, emi and others ripped off ?
how much daily is being ripped off, by unilever, procter&gamble, bp, wal mart ?
in a world where ripping off others is the basis of the society, the only way ordinary people can cope up becomes ripping off others.
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