FREEPIRATEBAY.txt

************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* SUPPORT THE CAUSE AND SEED THIS FILE, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT p2p NETWORKS ARE USED "MAJORITIVELY" FOR LEGITIMATE USE. IF WE GET 1 BILLION DOWNLOADS OF THIS FILE WE CAN PROVE THAT. sPREAD THE WORD AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT. FACEBOOK sUPPORT PAGE IS HERE http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-P2P-file-sharing-leaders-join-the-movement/73110794171 ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* Dear supporters, On April 17, 2009 the verdict in the case of The Pirate Bay Four was announced. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde: Guilty. Fredrik Neij: Guilty. Gottfrid Svartholm: Guilty. Carl Lundström: Guilty. The four receive 1 year in jail each and fines totaling $3,620,000. While only a few weeks ago, it seems like an eternity since the trial of The Pirate Bay Four ended and the court retired to consider its verdict. The prosecution claimed that the four defendants were ‘assisting in making copyright content available’ and demanded millions of dollars in damages. The defense did not agree, and all pleaded not guilty - backed up by the inimitable King Kong defense. Today, Friday April 17, the court issued its decision: article continuously updated “The court has found that by using Pirate Bay’s services there has been file-sharing of music, films and computer games to the extent the prosecutor has stated in his case,” said the district court. “This file-sharing constitutes an unlawful transfer to the public of copyrighted performances.” Peter Sunde (born September 13, 1978) alias ‘brokep’: Verdict: Guilty - 1 year in prison, damages to pay: $905,000 Peter Althin, brokep’s lawyer said, “I spoke to Peter and he wasn’t very surprised. A journalist he’d spoken to knew an hour before it was public that all four would be convicted. The verdict was leaked from the court. I have to think about what effects that can have on the sentence. It is unacceptable that the court is leaking.” Fredrik Neij (born April 27, 1978) alias ‘TiAMO’: Verdict: Guilty - 1 year in prison, damages to pay: $905,000 Similar to the other defendants, Fredrik Neij was not present to hear the verdict. He currently lives in Thailand from where he manages The Pirate Bay’s servers. Gottfrid Svartholm (October 17, 1984) alias ‘Anakata’: Verdict: Guilty - 1 year in prison, damages to pay: $905,000 Anakata’s lawyer Ola Salomonsson said, “We’re appealing. It’s very surprising that the court has chosen to treat the accused as a team.” Carl Lundström (born April 13, 1960) Verdict: Guilty - 1 year in prison, damages to pay: $905,000 Carl Lundström’s verdict came as a surprise to most people since he was only remotely related to The Pirate Bay. His lawyer Per E Samuelsson announced that he has already sent in his appeal and the others are expected to follow soon. The court said that the four defendants worked as a team, were aware that copyrighted material was being shared using The Pirate Bay and that they made it easy and assisted the infringements. It categorized the infringements as ’severe’. The judge said that the users of The Pirate Bay committed the first offense by sharing files and the four assisted this. It appears that the court chose to not take any of the technical details into account and only judged based on intent. They find it clear that the intention of the defendants is to facilitate sharing of copyrighted works and based their verdict on this. While the court did not agree with the plaintiff’s exaggerated estimates of losses, it still set the damages at 30 million SEK ($3,620,000). This a hugely significant amount and the court has ordered that the four should pay this amount between them. The judge also stated that the usage of BitTorrent at The Pirate Bay is illegal. Rest assured, other torrent sites hosted in Sweden will be keeping a close eye on developments. The defense put it to the judge that he had folded under intense political pressure. The judge denied this stating that the court made its decision based on the case presented. At one point the judge was asked if he was concerned for his personal safety after handing down this decision. The judge said he hadn’t received any harassment and was quite surprised at the question. While the judge won’t be getting any flowers for this verdict, Roger Wallis who spoke in favor of The Pirate Bay at their trial and received a mountain of floral tributes in return, noted, “This will cause a flood of court cases. Against all the ISPs. Because if these guys assisted in copyright infringements, then the ISPs also did. This will have huge consequences. The entire development of broadband may be stalled.” Peter Sunde characterized the verdict as ‘unreal’ and said that he didn’t expect the jail sentence. He briefly spoke with Fredrik and Gottfrid and all were surprised with this outcome. In response to the fines Peter said: “We can’t pay and we wouldn’t pay if we could. If I would have money I would rather burn everything I owned.” Sunde has already explained that this decision does not mean the end of the line in this case. There will be an appeal which means we are still far away from the ultimate decision - possibly years away. Any appeal from either side must be submitted to Sweden’s higher Court by 9th May 2009. Rasmus Fleischer, one of the founders of Piratbyrån commented, “The sentence has no formal consequence and no juridical value. We chose to treat the trial as a theater play and as such it’s been far better than we ever could have believed.” As for the fate of the site, Peter has already promised that The Pirate Bay will continue. The site itself was never on trial, only the four individuals listed above. This is a breaking news story, please check back frequently for updates. ARTICLE FROM torrentfreak.com, AUTHOR ENIGMAX ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* SUPPORT THE CAUSE AND SEED THIS FILE, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT p2p NETWORKS ARE USED "MAJORITIVELY" FOR LEGITIMATE USE. IF WE GET 1 BILLION DOWNLOADS OF THIS FILE WE CAN PROVE THAT. sPREAD THE WORD AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT. FACEBOOK sUPPORT PAGE IS HERE http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-P2P-file-sharing-leaders-join-the-movement/73110794171 *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

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Vizulize (2009-04-19)

This ain't gonna do shit. You wasted your own time, as well as mine.

domhol (2009-04-19)

Vizulize, you must have a hard time in life, not being able to support anything or obviously work towards any goals

riw6007 (2009-04-19)

the bay is there for us them we should be there for them any thing helps do your bit

fiksss (2009-04-19)

Lets help guys....

R-key-typE (2009-04-19)

@Vizulize
Supporting this in any way cannot be a waste of time. We MUST support in every way, or they, the fascist corporations, will win, take our freedom and suck us dry!
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT IN EVERY WAY!!!

R-key-typE (2009-04-20)

Great article on the flaws of intellectual property:

This is why we should support the pirate bay!!!

maxfactor2050 (2009-04-20)

those who dont think this is going to help or this is not a way to say - we support and take responsibility to keep P2P alive.. can simple stay away.. no one is forcing you into this!

Pearhat (2009-04-21)

i don't quite believe it but the facebook link just goes straight back to home; would they actually block the group or something :S!??!?!

 spectre.alpha (2009-04-22)

one way you could show your support that torrents are legit are to post some LEGIT torrents instead of some lil text file with a page from torrent freak, which nearly everybody has read once anyway.
spectre.alpha

GRaPHiCTRaNCe (2009-05-10)

Small minds will not have the insight to see that what we all come here to use is the weapon that a true democratic society will use to fight back against a fascist oppression that is beginning to speed up and fundamentally change the way we all live in the future if it succeeds.
Because of the decentralized nature of P2P torrent protocol the poor and rich alike can be brought together under a commons that is democratic and uncensored truth. T
he tool with which you and I have been using to be entertained, be productive technologically and most importantly informed with knowledge must survive because it is the birth of the last chance we have to protect ourselves and communicate.
Think of the power this tool has given us even if you?ve chosen not to excursive it. This tool that is freely distributed and available to all is the vision of a few with little resources. This tool will evolve in into the inability of governments to oppress and censor those who speak out about threats, injustice, and deceit.
I myself have taken on the cause years ago to expose truths but knew full well then how it would be censored and a valiant attempt was made and failed. I have seen and learned what few have ever had the unfortunate opportunity to discover and it is frightening! Our governments are counting on the vast majority of society to sit on their sofas happily being entertained and fulfilling their manufactured needs paying no attention to the threat that is evolving around us all.
Support the Pirate Bay Legal Fund; support the technology that government is trying desperately to take away from us. Refuse to allow complete censorship of communication because this wonderful tool we have been using is now about to become a way of defending yourself by communication and knowledge.
Websites everywhere are being shut down and the most aggressive attack recently is Canada?s SLAPP litigation against any ISP in the world that opposes GMO?s therefore making Canada the unsuspecting got to boy for US foreign oppression through the revolving door of Free Trade.
Everyone go wireless and share a portion of your bandwidth with your neighbors. Throttle it if you need to but share. Help support the developers of freenet and freecom projects that will eventually allow us to be able to communicate by phone or cell for free and keep websites immune to censorship.
The battle is beginning. Where will you be when the future of your children is at stake?
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GRaPHiCTRaNCe (2009-05-10)

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