Half of charges against the Pirate Bay dropped
Half of charges against the Pirate Bay dropped
February 17, 2009
" It’s only their second day in court, and The Pirate Bay already seems to be winning the legal battle against the plaintiffs - Universal, Warner Bros, MGM, EMI, 20th Century Fox, Colombia Pictures, and Sony BMG.
According to TorrentFreak, half of the charges against The Pirate Bay have already been dropped due to lack of evidence. Therefore, the prosecutor has dropped all charges related to “assisting copyright infringement,” with the remaining charges being related to “assisting making available.”
It seems that the prosecutor was simply unable to prove that the .torrent files - which are important evidence in this case - are in any way related to The Pirate Bay’s torrent tracker.
So, the Swedish court seems to have recognized that a torrent search engine, which doesn’t store actual copyrighted files, cannot be guilty of copyright infringement. This is already a huge victory for The Pirate Bay, even if they lose on other charges - which now seems unlikely. What seemed to be a long legal battle might turn into a short (and sweet, for The Pirate Bay) affair. "
:source: Source: Charges Against The Pirate Bay Partly Dropped
