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...as to whether The Pirate Bay is mostly used for copyright violation. That's irrelevant. The question is whether TPB is breaking any laws. One can provide a
by andreyf 18y ago
...as to whether The Pirate Bay is mostly used for copyright violation.
That's irrelevant. The question is whether TPB is breaking any laws. One can provide a technology or service which users use as a means for illegal activity without being held responsible. In the US, as far as I know, one has to "distribute a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright" [1] in order to be held liable.
As I understand it, Swedish laws are a lot more lenient.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_....
- tptacek 18y agoOk, in fact, what you're saying is irrelevant. I'm explicitly not talking about whether the prosecution is justified. I'm questioning whether this journalist is justified in portraying the makeup of Pirate Bay torrents as controversial. The Pirate Bay exists almost entirely to further copyright violation. Maybe that shouldn't be illegal, or even unlawful. I don't care. But don't tell me The Pirate Bay is mostly there to move Ubuntu.