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The Pirate Bay Taken Offline By Swedish Authorities (Updated)
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| Following the earlier court defeat for Fredrik, Gottfrid and Peter and the
| pending civil action taken by several Hollywood studios, the Swedish
| authorities have now ordered The Pirate Bay to be disconnected from the
| Internet. The siteâs bandwidth suppliers have been threatened with a large
| fine. The site is completely offline.
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http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-taken-offline-by-swedish-authorities-090824/
Pirate Bay site down as anchor set adrift
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| The Pirate Bay is out of action again 24 hours after Swedish authorities
| blocked the infamous BitTorrent tracker site.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/25/pirate_bay_down/
Recent:
Pirate Bay Block Violates Democratic Principles, ISP Says
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| Norwayâs largest Internet provider âTelenorâ was dragged to court by the
| movie and music industries last month, after it refused an earlier request to
| disable customer access to The Pirate Bay. Today, Telenor explains why it
| didnât cave in to the legal pressure and says it wants the courts to rule on
| the issue instead.
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http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-block-violates-democratic-principles-isp-says-090710/
Stephen Fry on copyright
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| At an event in London last night, the writer, actor, and gadget fan Stephen
| Fry launched a surprisingly ferocious attack on the music and movie
| industries over the way they have acted to defend their copyright.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/
Richard Marx (!) attacks RIAA after $1.92M Thomas verdict
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| Jammie Thomas-Rasset was held liable to sharing 24 songs, including one by
| pop crooner Richard Marx. But the lawsuit wasn't done in Marx's nameâthis
| week, he called out the recording industry's "greedy actions."
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/richard-marx-attacks-riaa-after-19m-thomas-verdict.ars
Moby: The RIAA Needs to be Disbanded
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| The two million dollar fine handed out to Jammie Thomas by a Minnesota jury
| this week hasnât done the music industryâs image much good. While lawyers and
| high level managers at the major labels cracked open the Champagne, artists
| such as Moby and Radiohead shook their heads in shame at what the music world
| has become.
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http://torrentfreak.com/moby-the-riaa-needs-to-be-disbanded-090620/
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