Swedish Courts Find Logic and Common Sense Unnecessary

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Just flying the flag, you should already know the story, it’s all over the media: The Pirate Bay admins were ‘found’ guilty of ‘contributory copyright infringement’. I’m stealing someone’s comparison from the comments over on the Lifehacker post, Daniel Wired says, “Piratebay never hosts files, they only link to other users in their website. A weapon manufacturer that develops guns or knives, they provide the product, but they never actually commit the crime. Is it just to prosecute the manufacturers because they are indirectly involved with a murder?”

A few links to show what blogs I like to read ( LOL ):

http://lifehacker.com/5216483/bittorrent-site-the-pirate-bay-admins-found-guilty-sentenced-to-a-year

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/17/pirate-bay-defendant.html

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/04/pirateverdict.html

~ by wynneth on April 17, 2009.