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A Swedish court has thrown out a request for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay website.The four were found guilty of promoting copyright infringement in April and face jail sentences and hefty claims for damages.
The Pirate Bay's lawyers called for a retrial when it emerged that one of the judges in the case belonged to several copyright protection groups.
The Swedish court said the judge's affiliations did not bias the case.
Seems though that our errant copyright infringers cannot accept the error of their ways and now seek to bring charges against Sweden for violating their human rights!
Syzygy
to me it looks very much like the swedish court system is trying to cover it's bare behind. which is understandable, you don't just throw on of your own to the wolves.
There are no happy campers. And there are no resolutions to errors made by the media companies as to how to monetize/distribute their property via the new "wild west". Or any effort on the media companies' part to figure out a way to "get 'r done".
The sad thing is that all the players (and downloaders, too) knew upfront that outright theft was involved, in addition to the copyright infringement (ala "distribution").
while the down- and uploaders surely did know when they did something illegal, it's harder to make that decision for the service provider, imho. on tpb was legal stuff, too.
while I agree that it was primarily used for illegal activities: so is the DSL technology, since few people need a multiple mbit line in their home just to surf. yes you can use them legally, but no, most people do not.
would you support a case against the telcos?
But still: whatever the opinion on the subject, the trial was problematic.
