The Pirate Bay Raid Created 18 years ago2006-06-02 03:35:13 UTC by ZombieLoffe

A little late, yes, but worthy of discussion.

The Swedish police, with a force of 50 policemen, raided not only the house in which the Pirate Bay servers lay, but also several private homes all over the country, connected to the Pirate Bay. They didn't just take Pirate Bay servers, but other companies' servers, hosting from the same ISP - sites including the Swedish piracy bureau and istheshit.net.

This raid followed a police report filed by the Swedish Anti-Piracy bureau, having harrassed The Pirate Bay to no avail for several years.

Discuss - let this thread be the spiritual sequel to the "Warez - Right or wrong?"-thread.

I think it's pretty bullshittay by the Swedish police. First of all, they did no investigation at all on their own, or so it seems, or else they'd known that the Pirate Bay servers held no copyrighted material, only torrent files. But, the police and IT, you know.

Anyway, what's worse is: They're following the Anti-Piracy bureau's and the entertainment industry's word blindly, without even questioning the validity of the request.
Dreadful.

Hopefully, the Pirate Bay attorney will kick the shit out of them and sue the Swedish state to hell, but that's not really likely to happen.

i never used the pirate bay anyway -_-

"SITE DOWN - WILL BE UP AND FULLY FUNCTIONAL WITHIN A DAY OR TWO" - thepiratebay.org

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Police = Pwned.

Silly silly silly. Those guys have got nothing on PirateBay.

I bet they'll try and tag them on "willingly offering software that allows a user to download material". Whether or not this is enough for Swedish juristication (which it isn't afaik) remains to be seen. My guess is PirateBay will be around for a long while.

As for Warez, well... I'm rather indifferent on the subject. Sometimes I'll do it just because it's a heck of a lot easier (i.e. cracking demo programs) and sometimes I'll just buy the software because it's easier (i.e. Steam and it's games). In my opinion, it's not us small time downloaders that are the main problems: it's the huge underground markets repackaging haxed software and selling it to an unknowing public.

The police are going to get there asses kicked. They have nothing on TPB that will win them the case.

I'm more concerned that the MPAA kindly requested action from the US Govt. who in turn took it with the swedish minister of justice who directly ordered the take-down. It's corruption, it is.

It's kind of scary actualy. The downloaders are being hunted like terrorists. But they all know the truth, the one's that download is the people who wouldnt bother to buy the game/music/program anyway.

If piracy was 100% stopped I bet everyone would go out and buy stuff and the market would flourish and be happy.

One thing is certain: The alternative of getting an illegal copy of a game is not always getting a legal copy. Most of the time it would be getting no game at all.
I'm sure there are a lot of games very few people would play if it wasn't with illegal versions. There's a debate between what's worth playing and worth buying.

The thing is, is who in their right mind would pay ?2210 for 3DSMAX, if they only person that is going to use it, is themselves? Who is gonna pay such money for these programs?

That is where everything is going wrong in my opinion. Things are too damn expensive.

Only big companies can buy software at those prices. If those companies are going to make money by using the software, it needs to be original. Architects, for example, need to show the serial number of their Autocad software when they make a project.

I made a post about windows deliberately making xp easy to pirate, but this stupid site deleted it, damn thsi site

aaaaahhhhyyyyyaaaaawwwwnnnnn!!!!
BORING!!

Interesting, the government actually did something about piracy.

Too bad it wasn't legally justified.

I like what tosse said. They are being hunted down like terrorists.

I SAY WE START A MOVEMENT AROUND THE GLOBE! Free pies, too.

personally, I think pie rates are far too high, the conservatives have promised lower tax on round pastry shaped goods.

This is why i say you join, it comes with free pie. I mean, with pie prices now a days, thats a fucking deal!

Its basically like being handed 5 dollars just for joining!

1. I think macintosh computers are gay, and should be banned.

2. Free fille-sharing, forever and ever, amen.

3. Jobabob's new av is better than the previous one.

Good day sir.

Are you kidding? Nothing better than a duck! or was it a swan? Whatever, give it some bread crumbs.

STOP LOOKING AT ME SWAN!!!!!!!!!

I miss ministeve and swanman

Here, have a pie.

Where's the pie?

Mmmmmmm... pie good in tummy, and on the way to tummy!

If there was a machine that could take any object and make an exact copy of it using random molecules out of the air, could, for example, a bicycle company sue you if you made copies of thier bikes and gave them to others for free? (the others can't afford bikes)

The BMAA (Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America) would be all over your arse.

That would be sweet... except I would find the best prepared foods, copy them, and then proceed to get really, really fat.

<you don't have one of these machines, do you?>

I had one of these machines but then I destroyed it by trying to copy it inside iteslf. I turned it inside-out and as far as i know it has been producing alternate dimensions since then.

LOLO1!!!

Nickleplate -

I miss ministeve and swanman

Heh, when he lost his Swanman av, I tried redrawing it in MSPaint, but it was awfu ;D

its back up, called the police bay for some reason

The BMAA (Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America) would be all over your arse.

You actually spelt it right! Whoot ;D.

Updates, updates, glorious updates:

• Today a big demonstration, organised by the Liberal Youth, Young Left and the Swedish Piracy Bureau, was held in central Stockholm, against the police raid.

• Since the raid, the Swedish Pirate political party has boosted its member count hugely - it's now around 5000 (A lot, mind you, for a 9 million country).

• The Pirate Bay is up and running.

Pie for all.

The pirate bay is,, well.. Pfft!

Yeah, but Swebits was taken down too :/

Aswell as istheshit.net, piratbyr?n and several (hundreds, I believe) other companies' websites.

Even though no one did anything illegal.

It's funny how the swedish justice system works.
MPAA tells us what to do.

Hoo ray! I can download Zombie's secret evil pr0n again

INCOMPREHENSIBLE WORDS ARE YOU SPEAK

I just have to bump this...

Poorly translated by yours truly:
[quote]
According to [Swedish news TV program] Rapport, the MPAA has controlled [Swedish minister of justice] Thomas Bodstr?m... But now it's our turn to control him. Today the Piracy Bureau paid 10101 SEK for a lock of the minister of justice's hair, which was auctioned out on [Swedish radio channel] P3's Lantz... Step one in our plan to take control over Bodstr?m by the Creol voodoo-tradition and it's dolls.

• Bodstr?m is now owned by The Piracy Bureau, or atleast his hair and it's there that the power lies, says the Piracy Bureau's supreme-priest Julien Nebbout.

We promise to make sure that Bodstr?m no longer will be able to practise his black magic anymore, like making laws no one wants, getting raids against the internet and with pure power of thought being able to bend the freedom of speech and freedom of press. Most of all, he can no longer make threats with the biggest magic trick he claims to master: Controlling the transfer of ones and zeroes on the internet.

Keep an eye out for The Piracy Bureaus Voodstr?m-site, where you, amongst other things, will be able to play MPAA for a day and control the minister of justice through the web, or why not buy a voodoo-shirt with a sewn-in Bodstr?m-hair (limited edition).

If the voodoo doesn't work, the 10101 [Swedish] crowns weren't wasted, they're going to Radiohj?lpen's charity for the world's children. Also, Thomas [Bodstr?m] has promised to discuss the copyright-question over donner with the Piracy Bureau's Palle Torsson.

//PiratByr?n
[/quote]

I just had to post this. I love those guys.

Those fellas are class.