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Pirate Bay Founder Gottfrid Warg Faces Danish Jail Time
Hammeh writes BBC news reports that Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Warg has been found guilty of hacking into computers and illegally downloading files in Denmark. Found guilty of breaching security to access computers owned by technology giant CSC to steal police and social security files, Mr Warg faces a sentence of up to six years behind bars. Mr Warg argued that although the computer used to commit the offence was owned by him, the hacks were carried out by another individual who he declined to name.
Every bittorrent user has tried that excuse when they were caught and I don't think it has ever worked. Try to be a little more original next time Mr. Wang.
Really dude? Why not at least say you had a virus/botnet on your machine. At least that gives a reasonable doubt.
Here is a brief introduction to a documentary of a NY prison admin going to Norway to look how the prison works there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Nazi Walt Disney and its offspring keep ravaging your grandma's fairy tales.
Mr Warg argued that although the computer used to commit the offence was owned by him, the hacks were carried out by another individual who he declined to name.
Every bittorrent user has tried that excuse when they were caught and I don't think it has ever worked. Try to be a little more original next time Mr. Wang.
But this is something new!
He admits that the hacking was criminal, that the hacker was using one of his computers, and that he knows who the hacker is, but won't name him --- even after being found guilty on the felony charge.
When was the last time you heard tell of a geek throwing away three perfectly serviceable "Get Out Of Jail Free Cards?"
If that is true, then the 'friend' who used Warg's computer to hack and is now standing by watching Warg go down in flames is a real dick for not coming forward.
As an AC you have no credibility so why even post? you can make all the claims you want and never have to back them up.
Question, since you mention software in vehicles that makes them safer, did you invent the safety or merely steal it from the years of research on vehicle safety and then write software to bring that data together in a "nifty" way? I don't disagree that there was hard work involved in writing the software and that there is value in hard work. In the end, is it that you created the "nifty" way and the customers are actually buying the safety which you are taking credit for or you created the safety and the software is the best way to sell it.
"Reasonable" is the key word here though.
The story just doesn't add up. There's no plausible explanation. Someone decided to use his computer, and *only* his computer to do all their hacking, with his full knowledge. This person has absolutely no interest in protecting Warg, but Warg is willing to risk prison in order to protect this person. Why? It doesn't make sense!
Refusing to make a statement or refusing to incriminate yourself or others does not constitute 'contempt of court; you are afforded the right to remain silent under Danish (and also US) law.
Admit nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter-accusations.
Sounds like a plea bargain.
No such thing under Danish law.
Admit nothing. Deny Everything. Make Counter-accusations.
...And yet you probably don't have polyo because some guy decided to give the cure to the world. Have a look at your software stack, and the hardware that follows, and all the people that innovated without thinking about money first. Whatever you are today, you owe to those people. And most of them don't really care if you made yourself rich or not - if you cannot conceive this concept, I pitty you. No money in the world will fill that hole.