Pirate Bay Founder's Custody Extended to February 5th

The Pirate Bay co-founder Warg has been held in solitary confinement since being turned over by Sweden to Denmark in December. Yesterday, he appeared in a closed court session where the judge ordered he continue to be held until at least February 5th. From the article: "In an attempt to free the Swede, or at least improve his circumstances, a petition was launched recently, directed at the Danish Prime Minister. Initially there were only a few hundred backers but when a banner was added to the homepage of The Pirate Bay this quickly grew to more than 50,000. Among other things, the petition demands that Gottfrid is given free access to books and other reading material." Although kept from computers and books, he is at least no longer being held in solitary confinement as of last week.

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[binarylarry]

Captured Al-Qaida operatives probably look at him and go "Whew, I'm glad I'm not THAT guy!"

Well yeah

[Stargoat]

You absolutely need to keep him from books. Good God, the man could copy/steal Pride and Prejudice and post it to a website! Or he could read the Daily Telegraph and learn how poorly Manchester United is doing.

For the love of Pete. Has this American sickness infected everyone?

this is all just a big misunderstanding.

[nimbius]

sweden: ok Denmark here ya go. Finland, tell Denmark This hooligan is wanted for pirating everything from independence day to terminator.
finnish translator relays information
Denmark: Jesus Christ this guys the Terminator and hes trying to destroy our independence?!
Finnish translator:....perkele.....