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FBI Wants Pirate Bay Logs For Criminal Investigation Into Copyright Trolls

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Hmmm... by MightyMartian · · 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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    1. Re:Hmmm... by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 4, Informative

      Oh. Prenda Law, the qunitessential copyright trolls.

    2. Re:Hmmm... by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm thinking these guys are more worthy of being overrun by the villagers with torches and pitchforks...

  2. So, what does that mean if it is true? by Derekloffin · · 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?

  3. A conundrum by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who do we root for? Prenda, FBI, or PirateBay.

    1. Re:A conundrum by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

      Who do we root for? Prenda, FBI, or PirateBay.

      A strange game, Dr. Falken.
      The only winning move is not to play.
      .
      .
      How about a nice game of chess?

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    2. Re:A conundrum by HiThereImBob · · Score: 5, Funny

      Who do we root for? Prenda, FBI, or PirateBay.

      I believe the appropriate order would be:

      1) Pirate Bay

      2) FBI

      3) Satan

      4) Prenda

  4. Re:Logs ? by h33t+l4x0r · · Score: 3, Informative

    Piratebay keeps track of uploaders. What's stupid about that?

  5. jail time must be had by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    if you want to discourage this behavior, it seems that the guys at Prenda Law need some jail time. Failure to do this makes all this merely a business expense.

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