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Sweden Returns Passport To Pirate Bay Co-Founder

Posted by timothy on from the packing-for-south-america dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In August, Piratebay co-founder Fredrik Neij had his Swedish passport revoked by the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok. After an appeal the revocation was dismissed [Saturday], with a ruling that the embassy cannot take away his passport. The full ruling can be read here."

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  1. Pathetic, isn't it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The industry has spent ridiculous amounts of money trying to take ThePirateBay down, and it's still up and running. Even if they take it down, people will find other websites; not to mention that they'll have wasted billions in their efforts to take it down. Instead of doing that, they could focus on treating their actual customers well.

    1. Re:Pathetic, isn't it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Not just their own money, but that of the state as well.

  2. Re:Blarg by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You don't have to go full conspiracy mode to see patterns of misconduct and odd legal choices in the Piratebay, Assange, and Megaupload cases.
    Whether its the US Government or the **AA, someone has been exerting significant outside pressure.

    It's a shame that the USA was built on principles of democracy and due process, but chooses to influence foreign events in ways that are contrary to those founding principles.

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  3. Re:Blarg by gagol · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It has been a trend going back from... war against Spain I guess. It is effectively the US standard operating procedure against anyone who dont have a nuke capability.

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  4. Reparations? by dumky2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I always wonder about the repercussions when government officials abuse their power and the law, such as in this case (or the illegal spying of Kim DotCom). After all, they were recognized to have committed illegal actions.

    When civilians commit illegal actions, there is usually damages, reparation, or even jail. Why are government bureaucrats able to get away with it (or with just an apology)?

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  5. Re:Blarg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a shame that the USA was built on principles of democracy and due process

    According to my interpretation of various news articles over the past decade there is a steady process working on removing the principles of democracy and due process from the USA. And there certainly were enough bad choices mixed in among all the great things the USA did in the 20th century.

    Don't get me wrong. This isn't anti-americanism. I'm just concerned to see a highly developed, democratic nation which achieved quite a lot of nice things to degenerate slowly.

    I'd very much prefer to see you guys repair that damage.

  6. Re:Blarg by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It has been a trend going back...

    to when Europeans first landed on the shores. To misquote, The US has always been at war. The 'democracy' and 'due process' was reserved for rich white males. To a lessor extent, it still holds true today with the war on drugs and various other discriminatory laws.

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