Swedish investigation into The Pirate Bay 'deepens' 15 March 2012Last updated at 19:48 GMT The domain name registrar Binero refused to answer all the police's questions The Pirate Bay file-sharing site appears to be the subject of a deepening investigation by the Swedish authorities. Binero, the Swedish company that hosts the site's web address, said that it had recently received a letter from the country's Prosecution Authority and police requesting information. TPB's webmasters had earlier claimed that an inquiry initiated in 2010 had been "cranked up a notch". The operators denied TPB was illegal. TPB claims to have more than 5.5 million registered users. In February the site's original administrators were told they could not appeal jail sentences and fines relating to their role in helping people circumvent copyright controls.
The site remained online as it was not part of the legal proceedings. Shortly after the verdict was announced, the site's current operators switched it from a US-based .org address to a Sweden-based .se address. Tribler: New file-sharing technology is IMMUNE to government attacks. By Rob Waugh Updated: 15:05 GMT, 9 February 2012 Government attempts to knock out file-sharing sites in the battle against music and film piracy could be doomed. A new file-sharing software called Tribler cannot be knocked out by governments or anti-piracy organisations, its creators claim. 'The only way to take it down is to take the internet down,' says Dr Pouwelse of Delft University of Technology. The software has no 'central point' to attack, say the researchers at Delft University.
Tribler is a variant on the popular BitTorrent file-sharing software, but is designed specifically to stay online under any circumstances - including attacks by governments and anti-piracy organisations. 'Tribler is designed to keep BitTorrent alive, even when all torrent search engines, indexes and trackers are pulled offline,' says file-sharing news site Torrentfreak. Moves such as the seizure of the Megaupload domain by U.S. authorities would not work against Tribler. There is no central point to attack. You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement / ACTA. NOTE: This entry is not to be confused with the U.S. intellectual property bills “Stop Online Piracy Act” or “Protect Intellectual Property Act.” Overview The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed trade agreement that aims to establish international conventions on enforcing intellectual property rights.
It would establish an international legal framework for national governments to join voluntarily and create a governing body outside existing decision-making bodies such as World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or the United Nations. ACTA enjoys widespread support from the producers of music, movies and a range of goods enjoying copyright protections. Background Initiated in 2006, the treaty proposal was drafted through a series of multi-party negotiation among governments of nations representing Canada, the European Union, Switzerland, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Singapore.
Signatures. Pirate Bay Founders’ Prison Sentences Final, Supreme Court Appeal Rejected. A few moments ago Sweden's Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant leave to appeal in the long-running Pirate Bay criminal trial. This means that the previously determined jail sentences and fines handed out to Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström will stand.
November 2010, the Swedish Court of Appeal found three people behind The Pirate Bay guilty of criminal copyright infringement offenses. Although Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström all had their prison sentences decreased from the levels ordered at their original 2009 trial, they were ordered to pay increased damages amounting to millions of dollars to the entertainment company plaintiffs.
Hoping to overturn the ruling, the three filed for a hearing of their case at the Supreme Court. Today this request was denied, meaning that the sentences as determined by the Court of Appeal are now final. Peter Sunde, also known as Brokep, now awaits 8 months in prison. ArianaArmy_NL : @YourAnonNews The Pirate B...