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Submission + - Piratebay found somewhat guilty

Submitted by yendor
yendor writes: As reported in all major Swedish newspapers today. The people behind piratebay has been found guilty of filesharing. All four have been sentenced to one year in prison. The damages have been set to the record ammount of 30 Million SEK to be divided fairly almong the 4 defendants. There is no doubt to anyone that this will be appealed. Most experts expect this to be going thru appeals for several years more. " It has been made possible for computerusers on the Piratebay site to partake in copyrighted material. For this purpose the defendants have made crime possible by developing search functionality" said the spokesperson for the courts Tomas Norström on the press gathering that is ongoing in the Stockholm courts More details are coming and the piratebay will be holding a press conference at 15.00 CET http://thepiratebay.org/blog/150

Comment Re:Receptionist (Score 1) 432

by yendor (#26370753) Attached to: Hippies Say WiFi Network Is Harming Their Chakras

The Electrically sensitive people have been known to suffer for persecution from people who have the audacity to expect them to have consistent symptoms along with some verifiable reactions to fields.
Mostly the poor persecuted sufferers have been able to sense fields with less than 50% accuracy, less than the test group that simply guessed.

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