We need the Pirat Partiet more than ever ~ Pirate Bay retrial call rejected

[Chippiewill]

Today is a very sad day :(, this news (TO me anyway) is worse than MJ's death, much worse....

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45979000/jpg/_45979146_bay-afpgetty226.jpg.jpg

Source (Free as usual): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8121680.stm



A Swedish court has thrown out a request for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay website.

The four were found guilty of promoting copyright infringement in April and face jail sentences and hefty claims for damages.



The Pirate Bay's lawyers called for a retrial when it emerged that one of the judges in the case belonged to several copyright protection groups.



The Swedish court said the judge's affiliations did not bias the case.
Tis a sad day for Pirates... Yarr
Listen to the Pirate Bay song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCHoI0h7Tc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa7RB3HQkGQ)

[Stephen!]

How does this affect people who use TPB? It's never going to shut down - and I couldn't care less about the owners going to jail...

[GommeInc]

How does this affect people who use TPB? It's never going to shut down - and I couldn't care less about the owners going to jail...
Me neither, though I don't really download copyrighted stuff or at least use ThePirateBay so doesn't overally effect me. I can see why they're doing it though (the courts).

[N!ck]

How does this affect people who use TPB? It's never going to shut down - and I couldn't care less about the owners going to jail...

It's not the people and whether TPB will be affected, it's what they stand for that you should care about them being imprisoned for.

[Chippiewill]

It's not the people and whether TPB will be affected, it's what they stand for that you should care about them being imprisoned for.

Well said!

[MrPinkPanther]

I download stuff but the fact is they should be imprisoned. They have cost the industry many millions and at the end of the day, whatever way you look at it, its basically stealing.

[Chippiewill]

That's what the Corperations want you to think...

Will explain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg

[Mentor]

I thought they just moved on to suing the country for a violation of the human rights? I suspect there legal rang-lings are far from over.

[MrPinkPanther]

That's what the Corperations want you to think...

Will explain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALZZx1xmAzg
Thus proving you have no argument.

[GommeInc]

I thought they just moved on to suing the country for a violation of the human rights? I suspect there legal rang-lings are far from over.
That's what I last heard too, because Sweden/Switzerland (same thing :P) don't have rules against it so technically the individual companies and groups aren't at fault, just the country in general.