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Fri, 13 Feb 2009 Pirate Bay copyright infringement trial to start on Monday

Hollywood, for example, wants 93 million Swedish kronor from notorious piracy site

Mikael Ricknäs

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The trial against four people involved in running The Pirate Bay, one of the most widely used BitTorrent trackers for music, movies and software, will start on Monday in Stockholm.

The four, who could end up in jail, are charged with facilitating and aiding copyright infringement.

According to the charges, revenue made from advertising on the Web site totals at least 1.2 million Swedish kronor ($140,000).

Swedish prosecutor Håkan Roswall is calling for The Pirate Bay four to forfeit that sum to Swedish authorities.

The entertainment industry also wants damages for copyright infringement. Hollywood, for example, wants 93 million Swedish kronor, according to a claim filed by industry organization the Motion Picture Association in May last year.

The recording industry is seeking €1.6 million (US$2.06 million) in damages, according to a claim filed in March last year by industry organization IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry).

The trial has been a long time coming. Swedish police raided the company that hosted The Pirate Bay servers in May 2006, and charges where filed in January 2008.

The trial is expected to last for 13 days. But no one expects the case to be settled in the district court.

A final verdict should not be expected until five years from now, Marianne Levin, a lawyer and expert in intellectual-property law, said in an interview with PC för Alla, an IDG publication in Sweden.

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Richie said on Sat, 14 Feb 2009

The Pirate Bay is guilty as charged.
If one owned a shop and allowed anyone to put ads in the shop window and some posted ads saying they can get you pirated games for £1 each then that shop keeper has the responsibility to remove that ad, failing to do so he/she can be held responsible if they fail to do the correct thing.

The pirate bay is simply posting links to were one can obtain ilegal goods and fully away of the ongoings and is breaking the law by allowing it to go on with their full backing and support.

Look at eBay, selling knives in the UK on eBay is ilegal and eBay stamps down on this as it is their responsibility as the owners of the online shop front to do so as they are just as liable as the seller.

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