Re: PirateBay loses

[Bill Terwilliger <bill_terwilliger () harvard edu>]

yea, that's all we need, RIAA with Navy SEALs backing.

On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:20 PM, The Security Community wrote:

> Maybe they should move their site to Somalia.
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Alex Eckelberry
> <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:
> > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6111777.ece
> >
> >
> >
> > Four men behind the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay  
> > remained
> > defiant today despite being sentenced to a year in jail each and  
> > ordered to
> > pay £2.5 million in damages for helping internet users to download  
> > protected
> > music, films and computer games.
> >
> > In a major victory for Hollywood and the music industry, Fredrik  
> > Neij, 30,
> > Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 24, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi, 30, and Carl  
> > Lundström,
> > 49, were found guilty of breaching copyright law in Sweden, where  
> > the site
> > was founded.
> >
> > Among the corporations awarded damages were 21st Century Fox  
> > (£900,000), MGM
> > and Columbia Pictures (£500,000 each). The awards fell far short of  
> > the £9.5
> > million in compensation sought by prosecutors.
> >
> > The four announced that they would appeal and that The Pirate Bay  
> > would
> > continue as usual to deal with its estimated 25 million users  
> > around the
> > world. They will avoid jail and the fines as long as the legal  
> > process
> > continues.
> >
> >
> >
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