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Whether or not the previous owners of Swedish file-sharing portal The Pirate Bay succeed in over-turning their prosecution in the increasingly protracted legal saga, it seems that The Pirate Bay as we know it is no longer. Swedish software firm and internet caf network Global Gaming Factory X is reported …
Read More »US: File-sharing mum fined $2m
A 32-year-old single mum has been ordered by a Minneapolis court to pay $1.92m to the Recording Industry Association of America after being found guilty of breaching the copyright of just 24 songs. The Guardian reports that Jammie was one of 30,000 people initially found guilty and ordered to pay …
Read More »Pirate Party wins Swedish EU seat
Controversial political body The Pirate Party has won a seat in the European parliament after capitalising on the pro-Pirate Bay movement in homeland Sweden. The official website of the party, which has no official affiliation with the headline-grabbing BitTorrent site Pirate Bay, states that it wants to fundamentally reform copyright …
Read More »Piracy has already cost Sims 3 $9m
The party that’s sure to follow EA’s release of The Sims 3 next week is likely to be a little subdued thanks to the news that the game is being pirated at a faster rate than ‘the most pirated game of 2008′ Spore. Bloomberg reports that an illegal version of …
Read More »Second judge removed from Pirate Bay case
The soap-opera like narrative of the ongoing Pirate Bay prosecution in Sweden has taken another unexpected turn with the news that a second judge has been thrown off the case after it emerged she had links to pro-copyright lobbyists. This is the second time that the Swedish legal system has …
Read More »Crytek: Pirate Bay prosecution a step forward
Cevat Yerli, the CEO of German games developer Crytek, has admitted that he hopes the recent prosecution of the four owners of BotTorrrent site Pirate Bay could mark a ‘mental shift’ in the way people consume media. I was really happy [at the ruling], to be honest,” Yerli told MCV’s …
Read More »Pirate Bay owners could face re-trial
Just days after a Swedish Court sentenced the four owners of BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay to jail, allegations have surfaced that could see the case returned to trial, according to The Guardian. The lawyer representing The Pirate Bay has stated that he is considering demanding a retrial after it …
Read More »Pirate Bay ruling will ‘warn mainstream off BitTorrent’
Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive, has told Develop he believes that this morning’s Pirate Bay ruling is likely to put off mainstream consumers from obtaining Copyrighted software from BitTorrent sites. Sports Interactive – once responsible for the Championship Manager series and now the group behind Football Manager – …
Read More »Pirate Bay sails onto Facebook
Whilst the three men behind BitTorrent portal Pirate Bay are still awaiting the final decision in their Swedish court case, the site itself continues to expand with the launch of a new Facebook-specific widget. TechRadar reports that users are now able to click on a new button that offers a …
Read More »Pirate Bay lawyers make their final case
The Swedish prosecution of the owners of BitTorrent site Pirate Bay has ended with the site’s defence lawyers arguing that the four accused cannot be held accountable for the conduct of the website’s users. It is not proved that Fredrik Neij has earned any money, just that the Pirate Bay’s …
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