Throughout the years, the Pirate Bay has been on and off multiple times. The torrent tracking website and its founders have been prosecuted and charged. There’s even a specific term coined for the matter – the Pirate Bay trial – the joint criminal and civil prosecution in Sweden of the authors of the website.
Media Companies Against Pirate Bay
Earlier this year, the Swedish Film Industry, Nordisk Film, Universal Music, Sony and Warner Music continued persisting on the copyright violation and filed a lawsuit. Their argument: Bredbandsbolaget, the second largest ISP in Sweden, should be held responsible for the copyright transgressions of its users, in case it refuses to block the access to the torrent sharing website.
Swedish Court Rejects the Lawsuit
However, according to latest information, Stockholm District Court just rejected the lawsuit, stating that:
‘The District Court considers that Bredbandsbolaget’s operation and conduct in the present case does not constitute participation under Swedish law.’
The film and music rightsholders were even ordered to pay the Internet service provider costs. However, further action to make Bredbandsbolaget block Pirate Bay can still take place, as the case can be taken to the Svea Court of Appeal. Multiple ISPs across Europe have been through this process.
Since its ‘birth’ in 2003, Pirate Bay has been through a lot of battles on several frontiers. In 2009, the authors of the project were found guilty of assisting in making copyrighted content available to the public. Earlier this year, Fredrik Neij, one of the website’s co-founders, was released from prison after serving two-thirds of a 10-month prison sentence for copyright violations.
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