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Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by whatnottt »

cpach wrote: post #6
mistercow wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't matter who does the investigation, so long as the evidence they find is reasonably easy to validate.

Agreed. It will however take original research, which costs time and money. I reckon that's a bit of an issue for most blog writers (and of course that applies for lots of people that write for traditional publications as well).

This would be a good time for an experienced enough investigating journalist to set up a Kickstarter project on it. I'd chip in at least..

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by cpach »

Peer wrote: post #18

Am I the only one tired over how TorrentFreak will say anything, related or not, to try to confirm their bias? This aid was decided on for over 5 months ago, in march 2012 ( http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/574/a/94013 ), and it is obviously not the result of Sweden trying to get at Svartholm. But if you want to be believe it then please do...

Thanks for the reference!

See page 8, section 3: »The funds available for the period covered by the strategy amount to approximately SEK 400 million«.

Can we end the speculation now, please?

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by noarchy »

jrockway wrote: post #19
tnuc wrote: post #12

Maybe he will get bail and make it to the Ecuador embassy.

In this case, he's actually been convicted of a crime. (Though one significantly less serious than rape.)

I wonder which would actually net more jail time?

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by cpach »

whatnottt wrote: post #21
cpach wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. It will however take original research, which costs time and money. I reckon that's a bit of an issue for most blog writers (and of course that applies for lots of people that write for traditional publications as well).

This would be a good time for an experienced enough investigating journalist to set up a Kickstarter project on it. I'd chip in at least..

Now that Peer has refuted the gossip[1], perhaps this topic can be considered settled.

It's an interesting idea though. Some subjects are interesting enough that it actually might work.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4480830

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by mongol »

cpach wrote: post #22
Peer wrote: post #18

Am I the only one tired over how TorrentFreak will say anything, related or not, to try to confirm their bias? This aid was decided on for over 5 months ago, in march 2012 ( http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/574/a/94013 ), and it is obviously not the result of Sweden trying to get at Svartholm. But if you want to be believe it then please do...

Thanks for the reference! See page 8, section 3: »The funds available for the period covered by the strategy amount to approximately SEK 400 million«. Can we end the speculation now, please?

Yes, but before that maybe we should throw the ball back in Torrentfreak's court. They tried to mislead us?

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by wccrawford »

Peer wrote: post #18

Am I the only one tired over how TorrentFreak will say anything, related or not, to try to confirm their bias? This aid was decided on for over 5 months ago, in march 2012 ( http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/574/a/94013 ), and it is obviously not the result of Sweden trying to get at Svartholm. But if you want to be believe it then please do...

I'm not saying they did, but it's possible that they threatened to withhold this aid if they didn't get him.

We currently don't know, and saying either way at this point doesn't mean much. We need some actual proof.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by cpach »

cpach wrote: post #22
Peer wrote: post #18

Am I the only one tired over how TorrentFreak will say anything, related or not, to try to confirm their bias? This aid was decided on for over 5 months ago, in march 2012 ( http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/574/a/94013 ), and it is obviously not the result of Sweden trying to get at Svartholm. But if you want to be believe it then please do...

Thanks for the reference! See page 8, section 3: »The funds available for the period covered by the strategy amount to approximately SEK 400 million«. Can we end the speculation now, please?

Oh, and by the way: If Torrentfreak would like to be considered a venue of serious journalism, they ought to learn how to find sources like the one Peer linked to. It's not even written in Swedish, for the love of ${DEITY}, so I do think it can be considered low-hanging fruit.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Arrest Followed By $59m Swedish Aid Package For Cambodia

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Post by cpach »

mongol wrote: post #25
cpach wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the reference! See page 8, section 3: »The funds available for the period covered by the strategy amount to approximately SEK 400 million«. Can we end the speculation now, please?

Yes, but before that maybe we should throw the ball back in Torrentfreak's court. They tried to mislead us?

Well, their bias is quite obvious, isn't it?

IMO their articles get far too many upvotes around here. I actually flagged this article. Didn't seem to help much though.

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