New anti-piracy lawsuit

**Red_Lizard2** · 07-28-09, 07:23 PM

looks who is getting in trouble again

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8173388.stm

The world's most high-profile file-sharing website the Pirate Bay faces a new volley of legal action.

Thirteen Hollywood production companies have filed a new lawsuit to try to get the website shut down.

In April the site's founders were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay $4.5m (£3m) in damages.

However, the site has continued to operate, allowing users to share copyrighted films, TV and music.

"We have filed a complaint against The Pirate Bay because they have not stopped their activities after they were sentenced to prison," the studios' lawyer Monique Wadsted told AFP.

The lawsuit has been brought by Columbia Pictures, Disney Enterprises, Universal Studios and 10 other firms, many of which were due to receive damages form the April settlement.

The Pirate Bay was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals.

Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day.

No copyright content was hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; instead it hosted links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.

Following the most recent lawsuit, the site was bought by Global Gaming Factory (GGF) for 60m kronor (£4.7m) who intend to turn the site into a legal, pay service.

The new owners have outlined a "give and take" model which pays users for sharing their resources.

**ALPINESTAR** · 07-28-09, 07:27 PM

yikes... i cant go to jail....

**rock_lobster** · 07-28-09, 07:46 PM

**CanadianPersian** · 07-29-09, 12:49 AM

LONG LIVE THE PIRATE BAY

**PizzaSHARK!** · 07-29-09, 01:51 AM

Oh, poor baby Hollywood directors and stars are worried about their millions. Pfft

**WorstPE** · 07-29-09, 06:58 AM

Wait, I don't get it. So who are they actually sueing? The new company that just aquired Pirate Bay? Or the orignal guys?

Either way, I don't see them being very sucessful.

Well then it's not the USA so I don't know other peoples laws on double jepeordy.

**Killing Hours** · 07-29-09, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by WorstPE

Wait, I don't get it. So who are they actually sueing? The new company that just aquired Pirate Bay? Or the orignal guys?

Either way, I don't see them being very sucessful.

Well then it's not the USA so I don't know other peoples laws on double jepeordy.

They brought a new lawsuit against the guys who run TPB because the site is still in operation even though they were sentenced to jail time and fined. If you read their "legal threats" page on their site... you would understand why they are going after them with fierce aggression. The responses back to these companies are hilarious.

Won't post the full link here cuz it doesn't need to be linked here... but you can fill in the blanks.
http://FILL IN THE BLANK.org/legal