Intellectual Property Law

English Transcript of Pirate Bay Guilty Verdicts Released

By David Kravets

On April 17, the four co-founders of The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious BitTorrent tracker, were found guilty of criminal copyright infringement, ordered jailed and fined millions of dollars.

For the first time, the 77-page decision (.pdf)  has been translated to English.

The verdicts are on appeal to a Swedish court of appeals.

We covered the trial gavel to gavel from the Stockholm courthouse. But up until now, an English-language version of the actual decision has not been available.

Reporter’s note: The translation was commissioned by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, one of the music trade groups that brought the case against Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundström.

Happy reading.

See Also:

• The Pirate Bay: Guilty
• Pirate Bay Crew Defiant on Eve of Landmark Trial
• Seeking World Record, Pirate Bay Claims 22 Million Users
• Amazon.com Tossed Into Pirate Bay Jungle
• Pirate Bay Calls Cops on Hollywood Big Shots
• Prosecutor Vows To Charge The Pirate Bay With Piracy
• Hidden Message from the Pirate Bay
• Amazon.com Add-On Hack Was a University Project

Full post as published by Threat Level on April 28, 2009 (boomark / email).