Archive for October, 2009

Swedish judge to Pirate Bay admins: shut down or face fines (Ars Technica)

A district court in Stockholm has ordered the founders of popular BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay to shut down their website or face a fine. Pirate Bay admins Godfrey Svartholm Warg and Fredrik Neij could both be on the hook for 500,000 kroner—which translates to $71,500—if the site remains operational. The court order might not [...]

Pirate Bay founders threatened with fine if site stays open (Macworld)

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn’t two of the founders have to pay a 500,000 Swedish kronor ($71,500) fine each.

Pirate Bay founders threatened with fine if site stays open (Network World)

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn’t, two of the founders will each have to pay a fine of 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$71,500), according to a verdict in the Stockholm District Court on Wednesday.

Pirate Bay Founders Threatened With Fine If Site Stays Open (PC World)

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn’t two of the founders have to pay a 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$71,500) fine each.

Pirate Bay duo face $140K in fines (p2pnet.net)

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- With Global Gaming Factory boss Hans Pandeya reportedly on one end of another attempt to buy The Pirate Bay, and ex-TPB spokesman Peter Sunde (centre) supposedly on the other, his two former colleagues are having problems. The Stockholm district courtsays it’ll fine Gottfried Svartholm Warg (right) and Fredrik Neij [...]

Pirate Bay founders threatened with fine if site stays open (IT World)

File-sharing site The Pirate Bay should be closed, and if it isn’t, two of the founders will each have to pay a fine of 500,000 Swedish kronor (US$71,500), according to a verdict in the Stockholm District Court on Wednesday.

Pandeya, Sunde, in new The Pirate Bay bid (p2pnet.net)

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Endless hype faithfully regurgitated by online media notwithstanding, a deal launched by Sweden’s Global Gaming Factory boss Hans Pandeya to buy The Pirate Bay never came close to succeeding. But apparently, Pandeya is a firm believer in the maximum there’s more than one way to skin a cat, a [...]

New suitors sought for Pirate Bay booty (The Local)

A new attempt to sell the popular file sharing site The Pirate Bay is underway, as the site’s owners are reportedly discussing bids with four potential buyers.

Pirate Bay hopes to be booty for a new suitor (The Local)

A new attempt to sell the popular file sharing site The Pirate Bay is underway, as the site’s owners are reportedly discussing bids with four potential buyers.

Pirate Bay ordered to remove links to copyright material (Network World)

A Dutch court has ordered controversial BitTorrents search engine The Pirate Bay to remove links to copyrighted material.