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05-05-2007, 02:28 AM
http://torrentfreak.com//images/tpbtoday.jpgIn a public statement, Prosecutor Håkan Roswall made it clear that he intends to press charges against the admins of The Pirate Bay. Tobias Andersson from the Pirate Bay was not impressed by Roswalls statements, and said they will simply move to another country if they are outlawed in Sweden, without downtime!
Last May, the Swedish police confiscated 180 servers and three admins were held in custody for a few hours during the Pirate Bay raid. (http://torrentfreak.com/the-piratebay-is-down-raided-by-the-swedish-police/) The raid was highly unsuccessful, though, and they only stayed down for a couple of days (http://torrentfreak.com/piratebay-back-up/) before they were back in full force, stronger than ever thanks to the widespread media attention.
Now, it appears that Roswall, who compared The Pirate Bay and the Bureau of Piracy (Piratbyrån) with terrorists (http://torrentfreak.com/prosecutor-compares-piratebay-and-bureau-of-piracy-with-terrorists/) last year, does not want to give up (http://www.thelocal.se/7205/20070504/) just yet. Roswall said that he is determined to prosecute The Pirate Bay admins for breaches of copyright law, for helping others break copyright law, and conspiring to break copyright law.
Swedish news agency The Local (http://www.thelocal.se/7205/20070504/) talked to Tobias Andersson from The Pirate Bay, who said:
“We expected this, and of course we don’t think they will succeed. I think they feel they have to do it. It would look bad otherwise since they had 20 to 30 police officers involved in the raid”.
The Pirate Bay raid caused quite some controversy in Sweden after several sources reported that the MPAA initiated the attack (http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-begged-sweden-to-take-down-the-piratebay/) by directly influencing the Ministry of Justice to intervene in this specific case, which is considered illegal in Sweden.
:source: Source: http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-not-impressed-by-announced-prosecution/
Last May, the Swedish police confiscated 180 servers and three admins were held in custody for a few hours during the Pirate Bay raid. (http://torrentfreak.com/the-piratebay-is-down-raided-by-the-swedish-police/) The raid was highly unsuccessful, though, and they only stayed down for a couple of days (http://torrentfreak.com/piratebay-back-up/) before they were back in full force, stronger than ever thanks to the widespread media attention.
Now, it appears that Roswall, who compared The Pirate Bay and the Bureau of Piracy (Piratbyrån) with terrorists (http://torrentfreak.com/prosecutor-compares-piratebay-and-bureau-of-piracy-with-terrorists/) last year, does not want to give up (http://www.thelocal.se/7205/20070504/) just yet. Roswall said that he is determined to prosecute The Pirate Bay admins for breaches of copyright law, for helping others break copyright law, and conspiring to break copyright law.
Swedish news agency The Local (http://www.thelocal.se/7205/20070504/) talked to Tobias Andersson from The Pirate Bay, who said:
“We expected this, and of course we don’t think they will succeed. I think they feel they have to do it. It would look bad otherwise since they had 20 to 30 police officers involved in the raid”.
The Pirate Bay raid caused quite some controversy in Sweden after several sources reported that the MPAA initiated the attack (http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-begged-sweden-to-take-down-the-piratebay/) by directly influencing the Ministry of Justice to intervene in this specific case, which is considered illegal in Sweden.
:source: Source: http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-not-impressed-by-announced-prosecution/