Comments on: The Pirate Bay to be Charged by Swedish Prosecutors

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

o here we go again!

By: freeloader105

freeloader105 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I’m sure TPB will win this one. But if they won’t then it will be a sad day for the filesharing community.
Also what does Sysiphisian mean (Google wouldn’t help)?

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

@Freeloader
Took for granted that spellcheck fixed it (now corrected).

“A fictional character in Greek mythology Sisyphus was a king punished in the Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll down again and repeat this throughout eternity.”

—– activity that is unending and/or repetitive.
—– eternity of frustration

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I thought Sweden’s laws were very explicit and specific that only “works of art” were protected and that this was the “loophole” for TPB along with the fact that they do not actually HOST the content.

Guess people will go back to trading CDs or keychain drives with music etc. Oh well.

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Okay just Googled “sweden copyright law” here is what they say:

http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2707/a/15195

New copyright rules since 1 July 2005

Today copyright-protected material such as music films books newspapers etc. can be copied rapidly and transmitted easily over the Internet. On 1 July 2005 the Copyright Act was amended in order to adapt it to technological development. The new copyright rules are largely based on an EC Directive.

By: Gamer8585

Gamer8585 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I’m not sure about Swedish law but I think in US law an accessory charge can only be leveled on crimes and in the US Copyright Infringement is a civil-tort not a crime. So while I don’t know if its the same in Sweden I doubt such an approach could work in many nations. I give this approach an 85% chance of failing.

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

If copyright infringement is a civil tort in the U.S. and not a crime please explain the FBI warning at the beginning of every movie.

By: Spurge

Spurge — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Thursday they will attempt to charge but who knows how long the whole process takes?

Conspiracy to commit copyright infringement? What the hell is that? Isn’t everyone guilty of that buying a recordable device of any kind?

By: colombianino

colombianino — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

these guys either know how to do their stuff or have good lawyers
and yup like someone else said here we go again……

By: disyntr

disyntr — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

It never ceases to amaze me the blind level of hope alot of people have. The law rarely comes into play when dealing with file sharing and copyright issue. Tvlinks and TPB are good examples. They have NO content illegal or otherwise and as such cannot be guilty of “giving it away”. They are essentially just “links”. How far does that trace? Does it go back too google too because google posts links to TPB?. This has nothing to do with law only the MPAA and the likes cash and influence. TPB will surely be found guilty as they have NO CHANCE of a fair trial.