Wind In Their Sails – Pirate Party Support Growing Nationally and Internationally
After effectively winning two seats in the European Election, it seems that support for the party has only grown both during and after the election on a national level and international level.
The support for the Pirate Party on an international level has sailed to historic record support in many places. The German Pirate Party [...]
Swedish Minister Blasted for Applauding Outcome of The Pirate Bay Trial
The guilty verdict of The Pirate Bay happened well over a month ago, but the controversy surrounding the outcome of the initial trial keeps on coming. Recently, a Swedish minister applauded the guilty verdict, a comment that the Pirate Party of Sweden denounced.
A report from a Swedish news source, SVD, reports (Google translated) that [...]
BSA Admits Calculated Losses Due to Swedish Software Piracy Entirely Hypothetical
It’s another blow to the studies that are put out by the industry to highlight the problems of piracy – one of the studies published by the Business Software Alliance to highlight the problem in Sweden is apparently “built on flat fees and estimates”. In other words, they effectively gave an educated guess.
Will the [...]
Entertainment Industry Says Pirate Bay Fine Not Enough
Says $3.6 million fine ordered by court doesn’t cover the damages it caused them, and also wants court to reconsider charge that the BitTorrent tracker site admins violated Sweden’s Copyright Act rather than merely facilitating the ability of others to do so.
Entertainment industry lawyers are pressing back hard against efforts by the Pirate Bay and [...]
Copyright Industry Lawyer Demands Additional Fines, Gag Order Against The Pirate Bay Admins
Is it bad publicity for plaintiff lawyers when the judge presiding of the case against The Pirate Bay admins is accused of being biased? What about demanding a fair trial? Whether related or not, it seems that the copyright industry lawyers are demanding a gag order and wanting additional fines for however long [...]
STUDY: Swedish File-Sharing Down 20%
Percent of of Swedes ages 15-59yo that have cut down or completely stopped.
The Swedish Association of Video Distributors (SVF) commissioned a survey of some 2,700 people asking what their file-sharing habits are now in comparison to before the April 1st passage of the controversial new copyright law that gave copyright holders the power to [...]
Pirate Bay Co-Founder Demands a “Fair Trial”
Notes that Judge was a member of same group as plaintiffs, and that Jim Keyzer, the Chief Swedish police investigator in the preliminary investigation of the BitTorrent tracker site became an employee of Warner Bros soon afterwards.
Peter Sunde, aka Brokep, one of the four co-founders of Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay, [...]
Swedish Bank to Freeze Accounts of The Pirate Bay Admins
One of the most talked about trials surrounding file-sharing today took a new twist. The bank in charge of the accounts of The Pirate Bay admins signalled that it would co-operate with an enforcement body and freeze them. All this while the administrators of the famous BitTorrent site is demanding a re-trial.
It’s a [...]
STUDY: Sweden’s Pirate Party to Win 2 Seats in EU Parliament
Outrage over conviction of BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay continues to rise.
The entertainment industry may have won the first phase of its copyright infringement case against Swedish BitTorrent tracker site the Pirate Bay, but in the end it’s file-sharers who’ll surely win.
Many of the country’s youth have been angered over what they see as [...]
Swedish Internet Traffic Still Down Almost 50%
Proves controversial anti-piracy law is having a lasting effect.
It’s been a little over two months now since Sweden passed legislation allowing copyright holders to petition courts to force ISPs to turn over the personal information of suspected file-sharers via an IP address.
Immediately after the law took effect on April 1st Internet traffic plunged from [...]
