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Pirate Bay Co-Founder In Solitary Confinement
pigrabbitbear writes "Things aren't looking awesome for Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm, who's currently under lock and key in a newly built jail about 15 minutes north of Stockholm. Svartholm's mother Kristina says that her 28-year-old son is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day without any human contact other than his interactions with the guards. It's been nearly two months since Svartholm was arrested in Cambodia, where he'd been living for years, and extradited back to Sweden, where he's due to spend a year behind bars and pay a $1.1 million fine for copyright offenses related to his role at the Pirate Bay. But that's not why Sweden's being so tough on him in prison. Authorities believe he may have played a role in the hacking of Logica, a Swedish technology company with ties to the country's tax authorities. They haven't charged him with any crimes yet in that case, however."
Can you say "sending a message"? Sure, I knew you could...
Karma: Bad
Until someone puts their ass on the line and signs a piece of paper under oath as to why he's locked up, I'm not going to believe a word they say.
If you'll believe it afterwards, I have an affidavit stating that I own an over-water property I think you might be interested in purchasing.
... Stockholm Syndrome.
No, he made millions of dollars allowing other people to download music/movies/games/software that other people made and own the rights to
Hm...made millions of dollars on creative work that other people made and have copyrights on...where have I heard that before...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
Funny how there was no torture^H^H^H^Hsolitary confinement for the people responsible for that.
Oh, he was a brazen prick while he did it, too
Otherwise known as a hero:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_jobs
Palm trees and 8