“An ongoing battle between Swedish authorities and an illegal file-sharing service called the Pirate Bay can be traced to an April meeting in Washington between the Swedes and the U.S. government.”
The U.S. government has joined forces with the entertainment industry to stop the freewheeling global bazaar in pirated movies and music, pressuring foreign governments to crack down or risk incurring trade barriers.
Last year, for instance, the movie industry lobby suggested that Sweden change its laws to make it a crime to swap copyrighted movies and music for free over the Internet. Shortly after, the Swedish government complied. Last month, Swedish authorities briefly shut down an illegal file-sharing Web site after receiving a briefing on the site’s activities from U.S. officials in April in Washington. The raid incited political and popular backlash in the Scandinavian nation.
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Hmm story links to story submitted previously……………………http://www.zeropaid.com/news/6533/U.S.+Joins+Industry+in+Piracy+War
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What if we were stealing all of danish peoples shit.. would sweden come after us.. I know they would.
Lets go raid the Fed what gives them the right to raid Pirate Bay. What’s the point of laws if they don’t serve the majority?