Author Topic: Yar! Why Web Pirates Can't Be Touched (Read 212 times)

Sundowner · « **on:** May 18, 2007, 04:58:19 AM »

My favorite part of the article is the first few paragraphs:

"Pirates don't just plunder. In Sweden, it seems, they also believe in sharing.

As the world's largest repository of BitTorrent files, ThePirateBay.org helps millions of users around the world share copyrighted movies, music and other files--without paying for them.

That's illegal, of course--at least it is in the U.S. But when Time Warner's (nyse: TWX - news - people ) Warner Bros. studio accused them of breaking U.S. copyright law in 2005, the pirates gleefully reminded the movie company that they didn't live in America, but rather in "the land of vikings, reindeer, Aurora Borealis and cute blond girls."......
http://www.forbes.com/2007/05/04/youtube-piratesbay-piracy-tech-cx_ag_0507pirates.html

Regards,
Sun

Eagler · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2007, 06:19:17 AM »

sounds like they give China a run for their money

too bad those that can't just steal from others

Sandman · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2007, 10:10:48 AM »

Count on Forbes to cut down an entire page of fun reading to little more than a paragraph.

http://thepiratebay.org/legal

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2007, 10:15:06 AM »

That's funny, because they just got done extraditing that kid in Australia to the U.S. for breaking copyright laws.

Is the Swedish Gov't. gonna let us charge and extradite these people? Or are they gonna give us the finger? What does that do for people who have already been extradited?

Sandman · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2007, 10:17:51 AM »

Australia has different treaties in place.