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TPB Files Police Complaint Against CPIAC for Copying Website

Posted by Unknown on from the this-is-gonna-be-good dept.

Last week, a Finnish anti-piracy agency copied the CSS and HTML of The Pirate Bay. Today, TPB announced that they have filed a police report and are preparing to sue for copyright infringement: "The Pirate Bay, the world’s largest site for cultural diversity and file sharing, has today (Monday 2013-02-18) reported a suspected crime to the Finnish police. The suspected criminals are the Finnish anti-piracy organization CIAPC (locally known as TTVK). The reason is that CIAPC have copied files from which The Pirate Bay is built, to produce a fraudulent parody site. While The Pirate Bay may have a positive view on copying, it will not stand by and watch copyright enforcing organizations disrespect copyright." The Pirate Bay is also arguing that parody laws do not apply thanks to recent legal precedent.

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  1. Oh this will go well. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sure the Pirate Bay won't come out of this looking like dicks.

  2. Pirate a pirate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let me get this right... TPB are suing, cause someone pirated their design??

    Right...

    1. Re: Pirate a pirate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      You're an asshat. Check out the little 'copy me icon' (whatever the hell it's called) on the bottom of TPB's site. That pretty much is a free lunch. What the CIAPC is stupid and ironic, but I don't think it's a crime with a "go ahead, take one" sign plastered on TBP.

    2. Re:Pirate a pirate by um...+Lucas · · Score: -1, Troll

      what if the court finds that there is actual infringement going on and orders damages not be paid until piratebay ceases providing magnet links to other infringing material on their website?

      I'm sorry, I have no sympathy for piratebay. It's piracy plain and simple. People ought to own up to what they're doing, stealing, not saying information wants to be free or what not. And enjoy it while it lasts. Which will be a much shorter period of time if piratebay instists on instead of trying to stay one step ahead of the law and technology, instead decides they want to fight out such trivial cases in the courtrooms...

  3. Hypocrisy by AmazingRuss · · Score: -1, Troll

    ... now from both sides.

  4. But bits are bits by alen · · Score: -1, Troll

    No one stole anything from tpb and information wants to be free

    It's just bits on a hard drive and just math and physics