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Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

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Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

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>There was no concern for his vegan diet I can't be the only one that thinks it's ridiculous for a prison to accommodate voluntary diets like this.

> I can't be the only one that thinks it's ridiculous for a prison to accommodate voluntary diets like this.

Well, it all depends on whether you think a prison is meant primarily for rehabilitation or punishment.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#12

>There was no concern for his vegan diet I can't be the only one that thinks it's ridiculous for a prison to accommodate voluntary diets like this.

Because there is little or no downside to providing it, and to do otherwise is basically cruel.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#13

Going back to enjoying the off-the records millions made by putting shady ads on thepiratebay.se for 10+ years. I seriously have a very hard time time to understand the widespread sympathy for this gang. If they would have gone without ads, sure.

Running servers costs money. And IIRC they were actually losing money even with the ads.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#15

>There was no concern for his vegan diet I can't be the only one that thinks it's ridiculous for a prison to accommodate voluntary diets like this.

Is it really much different than Jews keeping Kosher or Muslims keeping Halal? Prisons are for punishment for crimes that we consider significant enough to jail people, they don't have to dehumanize the prisoners.

The cost of 'specialty' food for a few tiny percent of prisoners is a minuscule figure in the total cost of imprisonment, and could easily be accommodated within the wider food offerings. If every meal had Kosher / Halal / Vegan offerings as a subset of the total meal, we could both imprison people and treat their ethics and morals with respect. Seems like a win-win.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure you are not the only one, but why wouldn't the prison do that?

Why should a prison accommodate a prisoner who is a vegan any more than one who wants to eat filet mignon for every meal?

Vegan doesn't mean higher quality. It can mean a large serving of beans and broccoli.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#17

>There was no concern for his vegan diet I can't be the only one that thinks it's ridiculous for a prison to accommodate voluntary diets like this.

This sort of thing is pretty off-topic, but at least in the US, some states (like Florida) have laws requiring prisons offer kosher meals. Considering both diets are voluntary, it does seem unfortunate that certain ideologies are state sanctioned while others are not.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#18

Going back to enjoying the off-the records millions made by putting shady ads on thepiratebay.se for 10+ years. I seriously have a very hard time time to understand the widespread sympathy for this gang. If they would have gone without ads, sure.

Running servers costs money. And IIRC they were actually losing money even with the ads.

> Although Sunde did not provide Ars with specific financial details regarding The Pirate Bay's operational expenses, he did argue that the site's high bandwidth, power, and hardware costs eliminate the potential for profit. The Pirate Bay, he says, may ultimately be operating at a loss.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/02/pirate-bay-big-re...

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#19

Going back to enjoying the off-the records millions made by putting shady ads on thepiratebay.se for 10+ years. I seriously have a very hard time time to understand the widespread sympathy for this gang. If they would have gone without ads, sure.

Running servers costs money. And IIRC they were actually losing money even with the ads.

I don't believe that.

Re: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released from Prison

#20

Going back to enjoying the off-the records millions made by putting shady ads on thepiratebay.se for 10+ years. I seriously have a very hard time time to understand the widespread sympathy for this gang. If they would have gone without ads, sure.

Running servers costs money. And IIRC they were actually losing money even with the ads.

That's all their claims. They were not able to show that they were losing or making money in court. There were no records, at all.

However, they would have to been incredibly incompetent not to make millions off the advertisment, based on their amount of traffic. This was key in the procedings.

I mean.. right now thepiratebay.se is at top 90 in the alexa ranking. More traffic than e.g. nytimes.com, ebay.co.uk, redtube.com, dailymail.co.uk, etc etc.

Meanwhile, the hosting cost for this service is comparatively extremely small. Saw some list recently of 20 servers. Perhaps true, but seems inefficient. Still, at that level, peanuts compared to the ad revenue.

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