With Landmark Trial Half Over, Pirate Bay Crew Celebrates Early Victories

STOCKHOLM -- As the landmark trial of The Pirate Bay wrapped up its first week Friday, the prosecutor fought to tie the last two defendants to the daily operation of the world's most notorious filesharing site.Four defendants in all are accused of contributory copyright infringement for allegedly deliberately facilitating the making available of copyrighted works to the public. Establishing intent is crucial for a crime to have been committed under Swedish law, and the prosecutor and civil plaintiffs have tried to show that the overriding purpose of The Pirate Bay is to encourage unlawful sharing of copyrighted material. (Wired Staff, 2009)

Saying a file sharing site is at fault for people sharing stuff they shouldn't is like saying a government is guilty of murder whenever someone is killed on their soil.It's not the fault of a service provider when someone finds a way to use their service illegally. Nor is it their responsibility to do other industries police work for them.

Wired Staff, Wired Staff (2009,2,20). With Landmark Trial Half Over, Pirate Bay Crew Celebrates Early Victories. Retrieved February 20, 2009, from wired.com Web site: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/02/pirate-bay-pros.html