Record Labels Demanding Cash From Pirate Bay Founders
from the good-luck dept
While The Pirate Bay case is still on appeal, the major record labels would rather not wait for due process, and are now demanding that two of the site's founders pay up, since the site is still operating. You may recall that, separate from the original ruling against The Pirate Bay, the court later granted a different injunction against Gottfried Svartholm-Warg and Fredrik Neij from even working on the site. The record labels are arguing that since the site is still operating, those two must still be running it. It's worth noting that both of those guys no longer live in Sweden -- and both insist that they have stopped operating the site (though who knows if that's true). Either way, it's somewhat entertaining to watch how desperate the labels are to make something stick on these guys.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I hope the recording industry gets the money so the recording industry can give it all to the struggling artists.
Poor struggling artists. See how they struggle? Pity the poor struggling artist.
I hope the recording industry wins.
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I hope the recording industry wins so Lars won't need to drive a tuktuk anymore.
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hmmm
please if they want the money why they do not sue all the search engines around the world. all of them works similiar way. type in google anu sort of think you are looking for and you will find that the show you same thinks as they would in the pirate bay
get a life people
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Strange logic
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For what?
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Or we will be rid of you!
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