Pirate Bay confident of trial win

Pirate Bay confident of trial win

By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website
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https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2009/04/468.jpg The Pirate Bay founders will receive a verdict on Friday

One of the founders of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has said he anticipates victory in the court battle over alleged copyright theft.

Peter Sunde said: "We are quite confident we are going to win."
Mr Sunde said the site would continue operating even if he and his three co-defendants were found guilty on Friday.

The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website. In February 2009, it reported 22 million simultaneous users.

Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde founded The Pirate Bay in 2003.

No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; instead the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its users computers.

The file-sharing program BitTorrent, which is a legal piece of file-sharing software, uses the torrent links to manage the transfer of files online between those who have parts of the data and those who need parts of the data.

Representatives of the movie, music and video games industry are seeking about 115 million kronor (10.6 million euros) in damages and interest for losses incurred from tens of millions of illegal downloads facilitated by the site.

Court charges

The four men are charged with "assisting making available copyright material" after a higher charge of "assisting copyright infringement" was dropped on day two of the trial.

The Pirate Bay founders have consistently said their actions are legal under Swedish law because they offer a service that can be used in both a legal and illegal manner.

Mr Sunde told BBC News: "We still don't think we have done anything illegal under Swedish law.

"We don't share any files; we just link to material."

He said even if the four men were found guilty the website would continue operating.

"The Pirate Bay will continue. Nothing is going to happen if we lose, for a multitude for reasons, not least because we will immediately appeal."

Representatives of the Swedish music industry have been vocal in their criticism of The Pirate Bay.

'Tired and sick'

At the conclusion of the Pirate Bay trial, Jonas Sjostrom, chairman of the Swedish Independent Music Producers Association, said in a statement: "We are... tired and sick of services like The Pirate Bay who have no understanding or respect for the creative community, and instead have their own financial interests at heart."

John Kennedy, chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries, representing record firms around the world, told the Swedish court that The Pirate Bay had done "significant damage to the music industry as a whole".

A written judgement by the court will be issued on Friday morning.

The four defendants face fines and possible imprisonment, if found guilty.

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He said even if the four men were found guilty the website would continue operating.

"The Pirate Bay will continue. Nothing is going to happen if we lose, for a multitude for reasons, not least because we will immediately appeal."

Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay

Written by Ben Jones on April 01, 2009

After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker has sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal.

The deal, worth over $13 billion (10 billion euros) came about after the recent performance at the Pirate Bay trial gave strong indications that the judgment would go against Warner Bros. For the Hollywood movie studio, it seems that acquiring The Pirate Bay was the only option left.

:):)

Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak

If pirate bay had lost the case then that would make every single link to pirate bay to be illegal, and there be millions of them :)

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Written by Ben Jones on April 01, 2009

Note the date....

:eek: It was a good April fools.

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If pirate bay had lost the case then that would make every single link to pirate bay to be illegal, and there be millions of them :)

Rumour has it that aXXo thinks along the same lines,

O aXXo, Where Art Thou?

Written by Ernesto on March 31, 2009

In what must appear like a lifetime to his loyal fans, the popular DVD ripper aXXo hasn’t uploaded any torrents for three weeks. As always, rumors surface that claim to explain the hiatus. Has aXXo been arrested, or transferred to one of the MPAA’s covert detention facilities? Did BitTorrent’s favorite uploader fall off a cliff?

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The most recent torrent uploaded by aXXo dates back to March 11. In the days that followed, millions have been waiting anxiously for fresh content, performing their daily aXXo search on their favorite torrent sites in vain.

The aXXo brand has achieved cult status and for some has become synonymous with quality. Over the years aXXo has grabbed the attention of scammers, the mainstream press and even documentary makers. So, when he goes silent it is quickly noticed and the demand from his fans for news or an update quickly grows.

This isn’t the first time that aXXo has taken a break from releasing. Last year there were no new releases for a full four months but eventually aXXo made a glorious return with the topical release of “I Am Legend.” Little is known about the reasons behind aXXo’s current absence, although he has not disappeared completely.

We can confirm that aXXo has been logging into his account at Mininova, which means that we can safely conclude that aXXo is still among us. When he plans to surface again is unclear, but time will tell.

It is fascinating to see how aXXo has gathered a following of millions of people in the years after he started uploading his first torrent. As always, opinions differ and controversy always surrounds aXXo. He is God to some, while others despise him for his lack of crediting ‘The Scene’ but it’s difficult to criticize his commitment or appreciate the pressure he is undoubtedly under on a daily basis.

Fact is, however, that every aXXo upload is good for a guaranteed entry in our movie download charts, adding up to millions of downloads in a few weeks. It may be Hollywood’s worst nightmare, but many independent film producers will dream of having their films ripped by aXXo, ensuring that they are associated with a global brand with an unprecedented reach on BitTorrent.

O aXXo, Where Art Thou? | TorrentFreak

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