PIRATE BAY FOUNDERS WALK THE PLANK

A Swedish appellate court late today (Friday) upheld the convictions of three operators of the Pirate Bay website, Frederik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström for what was called “contributory copyright infringement” and sentenced them to prison and ordered them to pay damages of more than $6.5 million. In its ruling, the court said, “The [...]

SWEDEN’S PIRATE PARTY OFFERS ASYLUM TO WIKILEAKS

Sweden’s Pirate Party, which currently hosts the Pirate Bay, the BitTorrent site that has repeatedly clashed with the movie and record industries and government authorities over alleged copyright infringement, has offered to give the controversial WikiLeaks.com a safe harbor. The offer came after WikiLeaks released more than 90,000 secret U.S. government documents about the war [...]

SWEDISH FILMMAKER CAPTURES PIRATE

A Swedish filmmaker who found his documentary about moose hunting being pirated on The Pirate Bay and other BitTorrent sites has taken matters into his own hands and has tracked down the alleged infringer and is suing him for $15,000, TorrentFreak.com reported Monday. The filmmaker, Tor Lundberg, reportedly contacted the man, who also is a [...]