Archive for February, 2009
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
I don't have the bandwidth, unfortunately, to keep liveblogging in both Swedish and English. I suggest you all use Google Translate of my Swedish blog for live coverage -- it is bad English, but readable.
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Live from the trial: the prosecutor is now stating his case against the TPB crew. He started out describing the BitTorrent protocol, pointing out that all components were necessary. He's stating that TPB is mainly (!) used for the infringement of copyrighted works, that it is financed through advertising, and ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Everybody has entered the courtroom. The Pirate bay crew is on the left, as seen from the audience; the Lobby is on the right, with the judges center. Five judges, of which four are political laymen.
All around me, people are making drawings of the courtroom (as photography is forbidden in ...
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
The trial against the Pirate Bay operators is about to start. Press, audience, and the judges have taken their seats.
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
We are discussing the timeline of pirate related events during spring.
Feb 5: Rally against Lex Nokia in Finland.
Feb 10: First verdict from the ECJ of the legality of the Data Retention Directive.
Feb, unknown date, somewhere 1-15: Vote about the Lex Nokia wiretapping law in Finnish parliament.
Feb 16: The Pirate Bay ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
Founded at about same time as the Finnish PP.
Very small – about ten members.
Blackout in media; you don't hear anything about any PP in Danish media. Almost all media is owned by copyright fundamentalists.
TPB censoring in progress in courtrooms; one of the parties in the court case is actually one ...
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