Archive for March 3rd, 2009

Pirate Bay rejects law-breaking claims (The Register)

‘Cocky attitude not sufficient to issue guilty verdict’ A defendant in The Pirate Bay trial has dismissed claims that the notorious file sharing site’s activities are illegal.…

Hey, send support to The Pirate Bay!

Spectrial together with Bambuser gives you an opportunity to send greetings or speak your mind about piracy directly to the streets in Stockholm. Just get yourself an account at bambuser.com and broadcast a live video, making sure the title in the broadcast is named with #spectrial. Bambuser will then beam your broadcast so that people [...]

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-02 15:33 UPDATE 1-Telenor refuses to block Pirate Bay access (Interactive Investor)

OSLO, March 2 (Reuters) – Norwegian telecom group Telenor will not block access to the Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, despite demands from representatives of the entertainment industry, Telenor said on Monday. Telenor said that a demand from international and Norwegian music and film industry associations to block access to The Pirate Bay had [...]

Prison threat for Pirate Bay four (BBC News)

Half of the charges levelled at the founders of the Pirate Bay file-sharing site are dropped.

Prosecutor seeks prison terms in Pirate Bay filesharing case (AFP via Yahoo! News)

A Swedish prosecutor on Monday called for one year jail terms for four men charged with running The Pirate Bay, one of the world’s top websites for illegal downloading.

Pirate Bay prosecutor argues for one year prison terms (The Register)

BitTorrent coat-holders should do bird The chief prosecutor in The Pirate Bay trial wants to see each of the four defendants spend a year in prison for running the BitTorrent tracker website.…