Pirate Bay Owners Face Charges
Category: Internet, Copyright InfringersPosted: January 31, 2008 12:53PM
Author: jammin
The Pirate Bay is well established as one of the most popular file-sharing sites on the net. Of course it doesn't actually host any of the files but rather hosts links to torrents which allow users to share files with each other. The site has been in trouble before, being temporarily shut down in May of 2006 by police. The Pirate Bay has now been charged with conspiracy to break copyright law in Sweden (where the site's servers are located).
There are four men facing the charges: Peter Sunde, Carl Lundstrom, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Frederik Neij. If the men are found guilty they could face a possible maximum of two years behind bars. The charges pertain to twenty pieces of music, four computer game files and nine movies. The site has been flippant about the trial, with statements suggesting no changes will be made to the site and that it plans to continue operating for many years to come.
