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[Nvyseal]

images/news/bittorrent.jpgIn what's being described as a landmark verdict, four men responsible for assisting throngs of dubious internet users to download all sorts of copyrighted material are being ushered off to prison cells for twelve whole months. The Stockholm district court in Sweden found the defendants guilty not of hosting materially illegally, but of "providing a website with sophisticated search functions, simple download and storage capabilities, and a tracker linked to the website [that helped users commit copyright violations]." As expected, the foursome seems unaffected by the ruling, with Peter Sunde (shown) tweeting that "it used to be only movies, now even verdicts are out before the official release." After jail, the crew will be forced by pay 30 million kronor ($3.56 million) to a number of entertainment companies, which is far less than those firms were hoping for. Curiously, we're told that the verdict didn't include an order to shut down The Pirate Bay website, and you can pretty much bank on an appeal being filed in record time.

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[Christopholofigus]

*sigh* Now I'll be talking to people years from now about the Pirate Bay like I talk to people about the good ole Napster days LOL

[m.oreilly]

Christopholofigus, on Apr 17 2009, 10:19 PM, said:

*sigh* Now I'll be talking to people years from now about the Pirate Bay like I talk to people about the good ole Napster days LOL

nah. appeals. can't see this being the end. a temp dung heap of a judgment...

[stormrosson]

as long as they didn't issue a cease and desist order they should be ok for awhile

Edited by stormrosson, 18 April 2009 - 10:27 PM.