Companies Sue Sweden Over Pirate Bay Server Confiscation
The recent Pirate Bay Raid apparently left more than just the “Pirates” without their servers. 10 other companies unrelated to Pirate Bay had their servers confiscates in the same raid and are now demanding compensation from the Swedish authorities.
Seeking between 10,000 and 200,000 kronor($1359 and $27,187 USD) each, the companies all had their servers [...]
The Pirate Bay abandons plans for a sovereign nation
The world’s most famous BitTorrent pirates decide to drop anchor in their home country of Sweden, saying the whole affair was really for them to be able to “look on Google Maps and find ourselves there”.
It was January 9th of last month that The Pirate Bay fired the proverbial “shot heard around the world” when [...]
Swedish file sharers fined
Two men who made music and films available for download over the internet have been fined by courts in two separate cases in Sweden on Wednesday, according to Swedish site The Local.
A 44-year-old man from Borås who was prosecuted for making four recordings available of Roxette, Eurythmics, Mauro Scocco and Jakob Hellman, is the first [...]
P2P Art: an Interview with Anders Weberg
In a recent article, BitTorrent Gets Artsy, I discussed how BitTorrent and other P2P networks have begun to transform the way that independent art is distributed. Having already changed the distribution model of other forms of media like music, movies, and books, P2P has now been utilized as a means for independent [...]
First music file sharer prosecuted in Sweden
The first person to be prosecuted in Sweden for illegally sharing music files appeared in court this week in what is being seen as a test case for Swedish copyright law.
The 44 year old man is said by the music industry body Ipfi, which brought the prosectution against him, to have made 13,000 mp3 files [...]
Pirate Party falls short of Swedish election goals, blames faulty procedures
Sweden’s Pirate Party was optimistic about its chances leading up to yesterday’s general election, but the results are in and it doesn’t look good for the upstart political movement. Under current election procedures, you need at least 4 percent of the national votes or 12 percent in any one electoral district to qualify for a [...]
Pirates Take Sweden
ON May 31, the Swedish police raided the headquarters of a major file-sharing Web site and hauled off hundreds of computer servers along with two men, in handcuffs, they suspected of being movie pirates.
The raid was an evidence-gathering exercise, and no charges have yet been filed, but Sweden, it seems, has finally become serious about [...]
New Law empowers Anti-piracy lobby in Sweden
Johan Linander, a member of the Swedish parliament for the Center Party writes that a new law, based on EU directives, has been proposed by the Ministry of Justice. This law makes it possible for “copyright holders” to demand customer info tied to IP addresses that allegedly infringe copyright.
We all know that “copyright holders” means [...]
How The Piratebay Raid Changed Sweden
A lot of things happened after the Swedish police attempted to take down The Piratebay. It’s time to recap and look ahead.
Torrentfreak asked Mathias from Piracy Unlimited (and Sweden) to give an overview of the things that happened, and the things that will happen.
First of all, the attack against the Pirate Bay was highly unsuccessful [...]
Informer – Don’t Do It!
Swedish daily Expressen had a very interesting editorial today, written by an Isobel Hadley-Kamptz: “Refuse to give away your neighbour.” It contains truths that are viable in any country.
Soon our goldie-lock justice minister has information about all our petty crimes. Because most of us has some dirt in some parts of [...]
