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  • Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde on the Copyright Mafia

    Two days ago I read the news that The Pirate Bay will probably be blocked in the UK. It was decided by the High Court, which funnily enough is not the first place where one would expect a court case to first appear. It seems to have been put on a fast track, which in itself raises questions and concerns.

  • Pirate Bay Co-Founder Brokep Chats at CeBIT

    Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde (Brokep) shares some thoughts on Flattr, Ikea, politics file-sharing and airplanes. Interviewed by Charbax at CeBIT. Sunde has been touring the world over the last years, flying from conference to conference to promote his new startup Flattr.

  • Pirate Bay Supreme Court Appeal “Should Consider ISP Liability”

    Late November, the Swedish Appeal Court found three people behind The Pirate Bay guilty of copyright infringement offenses. They were handed prison sentences and ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages. One of the defendants, Carl Lundström, has just filed his appeal and says that among other things, the Supreme Court should consider ISP liability.

  • BREIN Tracks Down and Serves Pirate Bay Founder, On Film

    Last month the Amsterdam Court confirmed an earlier judgment and ordered The Pirate Bay to cease all of their activities in The Netherlands. Despite denials of current connections to the site, the founders face penalties of 50,000 euros per day for non-compliance. Today BREIN boss Tim Kuik physically tracked down Peter Sunde in Europe, explained the verdict and had their encounter filmed.

  • “The Pirate Bay Really Sucks,” Says Co-Founder

    Pirate Bay co-founder and former spokesperson Peter Sunde gave a talk at the Campus Party 2010, where he went over the site’s history and how it became the number one enemy of Hollywood and the music industry. Aside from reminiscing about some classic pranks and the famous raid on The Pirate Bay’s servers, Peter said that he hoped the site would be soon replaced by something better, as it really sucks.

  • Copyright Boss Refuses Debate with Pirate Bay Co-Founder

    Werner Müller, boss of the Austrian film and music industry trade association, has canceled his participation in a panel discussion on “Art in the Digital Age” after he learned that Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde was one of his fellow participants. Müller stated that he refuses to sit at a table with a “convicted criminal” who supports “professional theft”.

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