Though perhaps not as alarming as the reports of piracy off of Africa's eastern coast these past couple of weeks, reports regarding another type of piracy have set off a wave of controversy that seems to have reached a head today.
Earlier today, a Swedish court found four people associated with Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay guilty of copyright infringement. In addition to paying $3.6 million in damages, the court sentenced the four defendants to a year in jail. Despite the news, the operators of the site seem upbeat: "Don't worry - we're from the internets. It's going to be alright. :-)"
I wrote a little about the case here.
The Sunday Call, October 16, 1892
5 days ago
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