The Pirate Bay Pushes IFPI Onto the Plank
Category: InternetPosted: April 17, 2008 12:52PM
Author: oldfett
The Pirate Bay, popular BitTorrent tracker, is demanding compensation from International Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI). This is due to Pirate Bay being blocked from some customers on a Denmark ISP. This block was put in place last February by the IFPI after a court found the ISP to be assisting in the distribution of copyrighted material by allowing their customers to access The Pirate Bay. Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is filing a legal complaint, asking for compensation for the total time the site was blocked in Denmark. Proceeds of this compensation would go to artist who are interested in sharing their music online, The Pirate Bay also stated that unlike the IFPI they will only ask for "a reasonable amount of money." Earlier in the month the IFPI demanded $2.5 million from The Pirate Bay for its aid in the illegal distribution of music, movies and video games.
