Defence Closes on Pirate Bay Trial's Final Day

[Marcus Yam]

It was the defence’s turn in the final days of the Pirate Bay trial to present its closing statements.

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[ADM-86]

go pirate bay!

 

[eklipz330]

im usually against piracy, but DAMN their trackers are fast lol

nonetheless they put up a good point. go pirate bay!

 

[cruiseoveride]

I shot the sheriff!

 

[captaincharisma]

and it looks like they will win again. knew this was going to happen

 

[adamk890]

GOD BLESS THE BAY!

 

[cl_spdhax1]

Pirate Bay FTW!

 

[judeh101]

If Pirate Bay dies, I would be fcked! Almost every software from my computer comes from Pirate Bay. Go PB!

 

[deltatux]

TPB is just another search engine. It's like Google for torrents. There's links to porn and copyrighted material on Google, let's sue Google too.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Wow I didn't think this case would be so fast. While I think PB should be the obvious winner of the case though I don't think this will be the last time they get harassed like this.

 

[Tindytim]

I'm more interested in this trial because of the precedence it will set.

I doubt they'll lose, but this is only Sweden. I wonder is any other countries will follow suit.

[citation][nom]judeh101[/nom]If Pirate Bay dies, I would be fcked! Almost every software from my computer comes from Pirate Bay. Go PB![/citation]
You're an idiot.

Could you at least pretend like you're not a selfish ass?

 

[eddieroolz]

Go Pirate Bay!

 

[seboj]

[citation][nom]Tindytim[/nom]You're an idiot.Could you at least pretend like you're not a selfish ass?[/citation]

Selfish? No. Poor? Yes.

 

[bin1127]

Pirate Bay makes money? surprised to learn that. Thought it was just ran by enthusiasts.

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]seboj[/nom]Selfish? No. Poor? Yes.[/citation]
There are thousands of other places you can get copyrighted products for free.

Hell, Mininova has a higher (as in lower) Alexa rating than the piratebay, at 85 and 106 respectively. So it's not like the piratebay losing is going to stop piracy. It's just going to set a certain precendence on internet technology, and how it's going to be used. Not to mention how it will affect our privacy when it comes to those technologies.

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]bin1127[/nom]Pirate Bay makes money? surprised to learn that. Thought it was just ran by enthusiasts.[/citation]
Considering how much it costs to run a website, that is the 106th most visited website (according to Alexia), the amount of money they make off of ad-revenue is most likely severely offset by operating costs.

 

[seboj]

[citation][nom]Tindytim[/nom]There are thousands of other places you can get copyrighted products for free.[/citation]

Personally, I find running a search on www.torrentz.com to be far more efficient then searching TPB, mininova, etc separately.

But hey, that's just my piracy tip of the day.

 

[zodiacfml]

it is getting revenue from some advertisements. i expect its revenue around $100K.

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]seboj[/nom]Personally, I find running a search on to be far more efficient then searching TPB, mininova, etc separately.But hey, that's just my piracy tip of the day.[/citation]
The search on what?

 

[njalterio]

[citation][nom]zodiacfml[/nom]it is getting revenue from some advertisements. i expect its revenue around $100K.[/citation]

Actually I think it's closer to $200K. I'm just going to throw that number out there without any kind of justification or reference and expect people to take me seriously.

*shakes head*

 

[lordfisch]

Let's take it easy on the "TPB WINS!" comments - we don't want to jinx them. I'm sure more of us than not are rooting for them, but let's not count our chickens. I'll be holding my breath and crossing my fingers for free internet techonology everywhere until April 17th.

 

[tenor77]

Why oh why did they pick Bob Marley as their lawyer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOo9azW-R_Y
They're so screwed.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Can anyone actually confirm that the people that run PB actually profits from the site itself? I'm not talking about ad revenue to keep the sit up either I mean cash in their personal wallets.

Though even if they did would that be illegal? Doesn't quite sound like it. A DVD burner can be used to break the law and the hardware companies that make them profit from their sales.

 

[Guest]

Searching on google beats searching any individual torrent site. This is undeniable.

 

[bourgeoisdude]

(reads comments) Wow...no wonder PC gaming is struggling. Do none of you have a conscience?

I don't know all the legal ins and outs when it comes to TPB specifically, but to see so many of you rooting for them and "God Bless"ing them sickens me. Truth is not determined by a show of hands people--software piracy is still illegal.