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Pirate Bay on Trial


Torrent clearing-house Pirate Bay is on trial in Sweden for copyright theft.  If convicted its owners could be imprisoned for up to two years and fined $145k. The plaintiffs, producers of movies, music, and video games, are also seeking over 10 million Euros in damages.  Pirate Bay’s defense is that it does not host any [...]

Judge Admits Error in RIAA Case


Last October a Minnesota jury found Jammie Thomas liable for copyright infringement for KaZaa downloads of 24 copyrighted songs and awarded damages of $9,250 per infringement, a total of $222,000. Last week Michael Davis, the federal judge who presided over Thomas’s trial, said that he erred when instructing the jury that ““the act of [...]