Maybe they should move their site to Somalia. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Alex Eckelberry <[email protected]> wrote: > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6111777.ece > > > > Four men behind the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay remained > defiant today despite being sentenced to a year in jail each and ordered to > pay £2.5 million in damages for helping internet users to download protected > music, films and computer games. > > In a major victory for Hollywood and the music industry, Fredrik Neij, 30, > Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 24, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi, 30, and Carl Lundström, > 49, were found guilty of breaching copyright law in Sweden, where the site > was founded. > > Among the corporations awarded damages were 21st Century Fox (£900,000), MGM > and Columbia Pictures (£500,000 each). The awards fell far short of the £9.5 > million in compensation sought by prosecutors. > > The four announced that they would appeal and that The Pirate Bay would > continue as usual to deal with its estimated 25 million users around the > world. They will avoid jail and the fines as long as the legal process > continues. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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