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: Michael Geist

Swedish Court Finds Pirate Bay Founders Guilty of Copyright Infringement

By Michael Geist

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A Swedish court has found four founders of the Pirate Bay guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced them to one year in jail with a fine of US$3.6 million.  Quick takeaways:
  • an appeal is likely so this is the first word, not the last one in this case
  • based on historical precedent, this will have no significant impact on the volume of file sharing
  • copyright law is implemented domestically, so the impact on other countries is limited
  • the major effect from the decision could come from attempts to leverage it to encourage ISPs and search engines to play more active roles in policing their networks

Full post as published by Michael Geist on April 17, 2009 (boomark / email).

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