Archive for July 25th, 2009

Legal Tripwires Could Scuttle Pirate Bay Buyout (E-Commerce Times)

The would-be buyer of Web site The Pirate Bay backpedaled in a Dutch court Tuesday, saying that it is uncertain whether the purchase will ever be completed. Lawyer Ricardo Dijkstra said Sweden’s Global Gaming Factory X would only buy The Pirate Bay if it can turn it into a “legitimate business.”

Peter Sunde sues Mr. Kuk

The press representative of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, announces that he is filing criminal charges and lodging a lawsuit for defamation in Swedish court against Mr. Tim Kuik of Stichting BREIN in the Netherlands. This is a response to the blatant and outrageous claims publically made by Mr. Tim Kuik. Recently, he has claimed [...]