Conspiracy Charges Expected Against The Piracy Bay

[DudeAsInCool]

The Wall Street Journal reports that "One of Hollywood's biggest foes is about to be called on the carpet. After years of steering Web surfers to free entertainment, the organizers of a massive directory of pirated movies, music and software in Sweden could finally face serious legal repercussions.

Based on evidence collected in a 2006 raid on the offices of The Pirate Bay, Swedish prosecutors say that by the end of January they expect to charge the individuals who operate the file-sharing service with conspiracy to breach copyrights."

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[method77]

this is no good

[DudeAsInCool]

this is no good

They will simply more their servers to another country if necessary.

[Malicious Intent]

It's not the servers that will get thrown behind bars.

[DudeAsInCool]

It's not the servers that will get thrown behind bars.

True. But I wonder what kind of case they can get against Pirate Bay - they are no different than Google, other than categorizing what people can search for.

[method77]

tell that to the judge and the industry idiots

[Jamez]

copyrights are a bitch. lolz

[DudeAsInCool]

Ars Technica reports that "Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The Pirate Bay" - but the admins there don't seem too worried:

Last November, Peter Sunde told Ars that, should charges come, he's sure of a legal victory. "I'm quite confident we're gonna win and I was expecting this to happen," he said. "[swedish prosecutor Håkan] Roswall is also a very biased man, so I'm glad to take it to court instead of letting him dig around my personal life for no apparent reason. Actually, it's kinda funny."

Time hasn't changed his feelings on the charges, as we checked in with the Sunde. "I'm quite sure we won't be convicted anyhow," Sunde told Ars today. "[if we are], we'll just appeal all the way to the European Union court. So in five years time this might be settled."