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FBI Wants Pirate Bay Logs For Criminal Investigation Into Copyright Trolls

Posted by timothy on Friday July 3, 2015 @10:48AM from the you-gotta-problem-with-that? dept.

the simurgh writes: It has been revealed today that In the past few months, two of the Pirate Bay co-founders have been repeatedly questioned by Swedish authorities, acting on behalf of the FBI. The internet now has clear evidence that Prenda is indeed being investigated by the U.S. Government for uploading their own copyrighted content in torrents placed onto The Pirate Bay, for the sole purpose of creating a honeypot trap to sue over pirated downloads.

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Hmmm... by MightyMartian · 2015-07-03 10:54 · Score: 4, Interesting

I'm thinking those shysters running Prenda are in for a world of pain. Let us hope they hire lawyers just as depraved as they are.

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So, what does that mean if it is true? by Derekloffin · 2015-07-03 10:59 · Score: 3, Interesting

Does that mean those upload are now legal since they actually uploaded them? Or are they still illegal due to some loophole? Or, as I recall, is it that Prenda didn't have the rights in the first place so they actually committed copyright infringement too in uploading them?