The Pirate Bay must pay half of their fees now

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The Pirate Bay is having a bad time after losing the court case about copyright infringement, and the threat of spending up to a year behind bars due to the massive public torrent web site. The debt collectors now wants nearly half of the money owed (out of the $3.6 million US owed) soon, or the four web site owners could face stiffer penalties.

The owners behind The Pirate Bay may see bank accounts frozen if the money is not paid soon, putting The Pirate Bay in a rough spot, especially if they cannot afford to pay their monthly server fees to keep the web site online.

The site rejected peoples offer to help pitch in to pay for the legal fees, stating that they do not want people's money, and do not intend to pay their fine. Perhaps TPB may need to revisit this possibility after the defendants claimed they do not have the money, but pay server fees and hardware upgrade costs.

Currently a higher Swedish court is looking into the possibility of a retrial after the judge's conflict of interest was raised shortly after the trial ended. As for now, the four owners do not seemed worried, as Kolmisoppi put his letter through the paper shredder as soon as he received the threat.

:source: Source: Neowin

Meh... it's futile. :wank:

The people who own the site will simply change their DBA. They'll never have to pay the money.

If I get it most of them aren't even living in Sweden? So it seems kind of useless if they can't get the breadguy..