Hollywood Now Suing Pirate Bay

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Hollywood Now Suing Pirate Bay
By Kevin Parrish, published on July 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM

" The news gold mine that surrounds torrent search engine The Pirate Bay has just gotten a bit more sparkly, as now a report from Sweden's The Local indicates that big names in Hollywood are filing a new lawsuit against the operators. More than ten major movie companies have issued a subpoena to the Stockholm District Court including Columbia Pictures, Disney Enterprises, Universal Studios, and more, demanding that the operators be fined, and that the ISP hosting The Pirate Bay shut the site down for good.

"We’ve been forced to seek a court order demanding that they stop the spreading of these roughly 100 films and television programs," the film giants' legal counsel in Sweden Monique Wadsted told The Local on Tuesday. Wadstead also said that although the site's operators-- Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde--was convicted and fined earlier this year, the group continues to carry out its illegal activities. Pirate Bay financial backer Carl Lundstrom was also named.

According to The Local, the court documents actually name television episodes and movies that are made available through The Pirate Bay including House, Desparate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy. The films mentioned included The Matrix, Die Hard, and the Harry Potter movies. Additionally, the Hollywood lawsuits are currently not looking for compensation based on copyright infringement, but rather compensation for court costs.

"What matters is that the spreading of these works is stopped," Wadstead said, although she did not rule out copyright infringement compensation at a later date. "

:source: Source: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-B...news-4326.html

Just another instance of huge corporations abusing their power and resources.

Step 1- Throw together massive juggernaut forces of attorneys who outgun any legal team that could be assembled by the accused.

Step 1a- Bribe/Gain favor with judges around the globe who can help establish "precedent".

Step 2- Abuse judicial system by using copyright laws against individuals (or small groups) who either do not have the resources to fight, are afraid to fight, or do not believe they can win.

Step 3- After "winning", sue for court costs and lawyer fees.

This REALLY needs to be stopped! At the very least- stop supporting companies that are involved in this kind of racketeering and extortion!

They cannot succeed with this if you, the consumer, stop supporting their actions.

They definitely did the right thing by selling

They still need a fair trial and need to talk to some serious bad-ass lawyers who can make their assets invisible. The money needs to be kept out of the hands of the RIAA and MPAA.