Pirate Bay Founder Fined For 'Continued Involvement'

tekgoblin writes with an excerpt from TekGoblin: "The founders of The Pirate Bay have been hit with a bunch of punishments and other measures to prevent them from continuing. However Fredrik Neij was just fined by the Stockholm District court another 500,000 Swedish kronor ($70,690 US). Fredrik Neij and Gorrfrid Scatholm both had been banned from operating the site but Neij had been recently found still involved with the site. Neij already owes around 10.6 million."

Comments

Re:if you already owe 10mil

[Anonymous Coward]

The music industry ownes Swedish courts. The 500,000 SEK damages (and the 10 million SEK damages prior) can be compared to the damages typically awarded to rape victums: 100,000 SEK. What the music industry is doing to Swedish courts is anal rape.

You're thinking too small.

[JustAnotherIdiot]

If you're going to throw fines you'll never be able to collect, might as well put it in the billions, and then blame him for the economy crashing.

Re:if you already owe 10mil

[ohnocitizen]

Exactly, its a slap on the wrist. Especially considering the 10s of billions of dollars he costs the entertainment industry daily. The pirate bay has taken to promoting indie (non-industry-approved) artists, further cutting into socially guaranteed profits. Someone needs to be held responsible for this costly outrage!

Re:They deserve it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Damm right. As a home builder it greatly offends me that just ANYONE can move into these houses after i build them.

It's criminal that i don't get to keep control forever of my creations.