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thepiratebay.org found GUILTY!
« on: April 17, 2009, 02:47:14 PM »
The 4 defendants from thepiratebay.org were found guilty today of copyright infringement, sentenced to 1 year in prison and were served some hefty fines.  The website is still up and will continue to be running according to Peter Sunde, one of the creators of the site.

From TorrentFreak.com:  http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-trial-the-verdict-090417/

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Just minutes ago the verdict in the case of The Pirate Bay Four was announced. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde: Guilty. Fredrik Neij: Guilty. Gottfrid Svartholm: Guilty. Carl Lundström: Guilty. The four receive 1 year in jail each and fines totaling $3,620,000.
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Re: thepiratebay.org found GUILTY!
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2009, 02:51:27 PM »
It was bound to happen.  I hate to say it as much as I use torrents to decide which games i buy or not. 
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Re: thepiratebay.org found GUILTY!
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2009, 04:21:13 PM »
They should setup a paypal link. I'll donate 10 bucks for the fines
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Re: thepiratebay.org found GUILTY!
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2009, 10:13:22 AM »
It looks like maybe there was some bias/conflict of interest from the judge in the trial. Google translation of a Swedish article: http://bit.ly/V0VBw
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