The Pirate Bay Trial

[Beirut]

Trying to kill The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites is like squeezing a handful of jello. It ain't gonna work.

To be honest, though, when I see albums from the 60s and 70s that have already sold eight-billion copies being pimped on CD for $21.95, well, these guys are just begging for people to steal their stuff. Little Johnny can shell out the $21.95 for Jimi Hendrix's Greatest Hits, or he can point and click and have the album in 21.95 minutes for free.

Gee, what's he going to do?

[HoreTore]

Trying to kill The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites is like squeezing a handful of jello. It ain't gonna work.

To be honest, though, when I see albums from the 60s and 70s that have already sold eight-billion copies being pimped on CD for $21.95, well, these guys are just begging for people to steal their stuff. Little Johnny can shell out the $21.95 for Jimi Hendrix's Greatest Hits, or he can point and click and have the album in 21.95 minutes for free.

Gee, what's he going to do?

Well put, sir.

Also, on the argument that "we're losing a lot of money because noone buys our music"... Has anyone heard any of the new music these days? I mean... I think I'd rather have my testicles sawn off than spend money to hear "Pokerface", "Halo" or any of that crap. I would, however, consider paying money to have the artists beaten.

[Husar]

But why is it illegal? Just because X is illegal does not automatically mean that X is bad.

For example because someone invested money and time into making it and wants some money in return?
Is that principle so alien to you? Do you also ask why taking a deodorant from a supermarket is illegal? I mean they're massproduced in China and they stand around there anyway, so why would taking them without paying be illegal?

Well put, sir.

Also, on the argument that "we're losing a lot of money because noone buys our music"... Has anyone heard any of the new music these days? I mean... I think I'd rather have my testicles sawn off than spend money to hear "Pokerface", "Halo" or any of that crap. I would, however, consider paying money to have the artists beaten.

Well, yes, of course, I could pay you 12000 EUR for your old overpriced car or throw a rock at your head, take it and escape the police for 12000 minutes so guess what I'm gonna do?

Man, if the music is that bad, then why are people pirating it? And if they are not pirating the bad music then your argument about music being so bad is completely invalid anyway.
If you don't like it there is an easy solution, don't freakin buy it, how the hell does that excuse stealing it? There are bad cars and noone buys them but noone steals them either.

When you get a massage, all you really get is someone's time and you pay for it in a massage salon, same for a brothel, just because you get nothing physical does not mean you can demand the service for free against the person's will, in the latter case it would be called rape.

Again, if it's not worth the money, stay away from it completely, if everybody agrees the company will go bankrupt, if you want it anyway then it can't be that bad and you should pay for it. It's quite simple.

[HoreTore]

Well, yes, of course, I could pay you 12000 EUR for your old overpriced car or throw a rock at your head, take it and escape the police for 12000 minutes so guess what I'm gonna do?

Man, if the music is that bad, then why are people pirating it? And if they are not pirating the bad music then your argument about music being so bad is completely invalid anyway.
If you don't like it there is an easy solution, don't freakin buy it, how the hell does that excuse stealing it? There are bad cars and noone buys them but noone steals them either.

When you get a massage, all you really get is someone's time and you pay for it in a massage salon, same for a brothel, just because you get nothing physical does not mean you can demand the service for free against the person's will, in the latter case it would be called rape.

Again, if it's not worth the money, stay away from it completely, if everybody agrees the company will go bankrupt, if you want it anyway then it can't be that bad and you should pay for it. It's quite simple.

I do stay away from 99% of the music made these days...

[Samurai Waki]

I wonder what they're going to do when countries like Russia start hosting torrent sites en-mass? Its not like they really give a damn about INTERPOL, or angry American Consumer Companies. Its all about teh monies.

[Lemur]

Thousands demonstrate against the Pirate Bay verdict. Sadly, no tea was on hand.

Many Swedes were outraged by the harsh sentence that was given and today the Swedish Pirate Party organized a demonstration to support the defendants. The demonstration took place in in Stockholm, and there were similar protests in other Swedish cities.

“Politicians have declared war on our entire generation,” Pirate Party Leader Rick Falkvinge told the crowd, adding. “Our politicians are digital illiterates. We need politicians who can’t be hen-pecked by a foreign power.”

“The Pirate Bay is a completely legitimate service that transmits information between people. After this ruling, no one can feel secure when linking to a YouTube clip on its website,” Daniel Nyström from the Pirate Party said in his speech while the crowd yelled “Free TPB, free TPB!”

The verdict has brought many new members for the Pirate Party, and they hope to get a seat at the European Parliament later this year. Over the past day over 6000 members applied, raising the member count from less than 15,000 up to more than 20,000 making them one of the largest political parties in Sweden.

[Jolt]

Thousands demonstrate against the Pirate Bay verdict. Sadly, no tea was on hand.

Many Swedes were outraged by the harsh sentence that was given and today the Swedish Pirate Party organized a demonstration to support the defendants. The demonstration took place in in Stockholm, and there were similar protests in other Swedish cities.

“Politicians have declared war on our entire generation,” Pirate Party Leader Rick Falkvinge told the crowd, adding. “Our politicians are digital illiterates. We need politicians who can’t be hen-pecked by a foreign power.”

“The Pirate Bay is a completely legitimate service that transmits information between people. After this ruling, no one can feel secure when linking to a YouTube clip on its website,” Daniel Nyström from the Pirate Party said in his speech while the crowd yelled “Free TPB, free TPB!”

The verdict has brought many new members for the Pirate Party, and they hope to get a seat at the European Parliament later this year. Over the past day over 6000 members applied, raising the member count from less than 15,000 up to more than 20,000 making them one of the largest political parties in Sweden.

This is the cue for me to put the video of the anthem of the newly powerful party.