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The Pirate Bay trial

m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
edited February 2009 in Strut Central
Swedish state/MPA/Warner/Sony vs. The Pirate Bay. Anyone following this?http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/pirate.htmlhttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/pirate-bay-crew.htmlhttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/pirate-bay-tria.htmlhttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/prosecution-dro.htmlhttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/pirate_wednesda.htmlSeems like a lose-lose situation for the prosecutors.If they lose, they'll look bad, if they win, the PB guys will be martyrs.

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  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,785 Posts

    Wasn't the Napster trial supposed to stop copyright infringement?

    I'm sure all it did ws alert people to file-sharing, and I bet (whether as a direct result of the Napster trial or simply because of increased web traffic over the years) that 'illegal' file-sharing and copyright infringement has only increased since the Napster trial and subsequent publicity.

    Somebody made the point on one of those links that as Piratebay cannot be prosecuted for the infringemnt themselves as they simply direct traffic, then Google & Yahoo would also be liable - and that's not going to happen.

    This will just boost Piratebay's traffic.
    There's no chance this will stop file sharing any more than home-taping was stopped from killing the music industry.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,785 Posts
    The only thing that is left is "assisting making available" the torrent files, a charge that the prosecution evidently hopes to press based on Pirate Bay's index alone.[/b]

    That's a search engine. That's Google & Yahoo.
  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,413 Posts
    yeah, i dont see anything happening here. what have they done wrong? i dont see google being brought to court for any of the thousands of illegal things you can find from it.

    by the way, usually when i do want to download an album or whatever, i just use google anyway to try and find it.

    err, when my FRIEND wants to download an album i mean. i would NEVER do such a thing!
  • DigginDiggin 319 Posts
    I guess zshare, sendspace, megaupload etc. will be next
  • selperfugeselperfuge 1,165 Posts
    The only thing that is left is "assisting making available" the torrent files, a charge that the prosecution evidently hopes to press based on Pirate Bay's index alone.[/b]

    That's a search engine. That's Google & Yahoo.

    yup. i kind of hope the pirates go down, just to see the major indexes get their lawyers and lobbyists ready to roll.
  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    I guess zshare, sendspace, megaupload etc. will be next

    Yeah, Pirate Bay hasn't got any of my hard earned dollars, but I've paid for Rapidshare on occasion. How much of Rapidshares total traffic would you say are copyrighted material?

    I really like the crimes Pirate Bay are accused of - something like "Preparing to help with copyright infringement", or something like that. Pirate Bays users - they're the criminals, at least according to todays legislation.
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