• The Pirate Bay: BitTorrent Tracker Goes on Trial

    The Pirate Bay: BitTorrent Tracker Goes on Trial

    Techtree News Staff, Feb 16, 2009 1419 hrs IST

    World's largest search engine for 'torrents'

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Swedish website, The Pirate Bay, which claims to be the world's largest illegal BitTorrent tracker will go under trail today.


The Pirate Bay does not host copyrighted content, but acts as a search engine for 'torrents' available online and directs users to pirated movies, music and other protected material.


Three of the website's co-founders - Fredik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Swedish dotcom millionaire Carl Lundstr m - are accused of helping millions of Internet users illegally download protected movies, music, and computer games. If convicted, they face up to two years in prison and a fine of up to 1.2 million kronor ($1,43,529).


Plaintiffs which includes Warner Bros, MGM Pictures, Colombia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Sony BMG, Universal and EMI, argue that The Pirate Bay promotes copyright infringement, and has made millions in profits since its launch in 2003. They are claiming more than $100m in damages.


This present case was filled in May 2006, when police raided 10 different locations in central Sweden, seized servers and computer equipment and temporarily causing the site to go offline for three days.

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(10) Comments
huhg
,toronto, on Apr 04, 2009 05:59 AM
I just want totry the pirate bay bit torrent for real
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The one person
,None of your business, on Feb 17, 2009 08:48 AM
Lol, they had it coming. Moral to this story: Don't download stuff illegally!
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Emi
,Flagstaff, on Feb 21, 2009 10:15 AM
Do you even understand how a tracker works? How about being a little less of an idiot and a little more versed in computer no how before proving your own asininity.
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mag
,cardiff, on Feb 20, 2009 02:02 AM
is it any
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Am I a crim?
,shanghai, on Feb 18, 2009 06:45 PM
how about a collection to pay their fines? I'll contribute some cash. They saved me a fortune!
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Homicidal Gecko
,The Internet, on Feb 16, 2009 04:14 PM
In their country what they are doing is not illegal. The plaintiffs are all sad to find that they can no longer rip off the masses for other people's artwork. The world changes. Rock and Roll. DEAL WITH IT.
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net user
,cochin, on Feb 16, 2009 11:14 PM
pirate bay is super..they are not illegal ...users are uploading all....so if any body want arrest it will be millions of people which is powerful than any law in the earth
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Anonymous
,Anonymous, on Feb 16, 2009 04:20 PM
In my opinion pirate bay was the best site on the internet, and they should not be shut down. They are not doing anything illegal, it is the users who are breaking the law. By the way, they are not breaking any Swedish law.
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Kaushik
,Delhi, on Feb 16, 2009 03:03 PM
Ok, so the advocates of "original" are not new to shooting the messenger. Yet, do they pay royalty to the person who brought out the idea of a lawsuit?
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Homicidal Gecko
,The Internet, on Feb 16, 2009 04:17 PM
There's that too. :)
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