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Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by bryanh »

zz1 wrote: post #38
kefs wrote: post #2

Relevant: If you haven't seen it, TPB: AFK is a fantastic documentary. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPB_AFK http://watch.tpbafk.tv/

Not enough to fully understand the situation, but great documentary. Highly recommended. Freely available, of course, so here's a magnet link, for those unwilling to open their PirateBrowser / to bypass TPB censorship. magnet:?xt=urn:btih:98a2faaf2393aa4494bdc4f01f50ec3d010de8cf&dn=TPB%20AFK%202013%20The%20Pirate%20Bay%20Away%20From%20Keyboard%20SimonKlose&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A…

Would you mind putting your magnet link in a indented code block? The non-breaking string of chars is causing the page to go wonky.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by zz1 »

dsirijus wrote: post #50
zz1 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not enough to fully understand the situation, but great documentary. Highly recommended. Freely available, of course, so here's a magnet link, for those unwilling to open their PirateBrowser / to bypass TPB censorship. magnet:?xt=urn:btih:98a2faaf2393aa4494bdc4f01f50ec3d010de8cf&dn=TPB%20AFK%202013%20The%20Pirate%20Bay%20Away%20From%20Keyboard%20SimonKlose&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A…

As a side note - you've single-handedly destroyed the layout of this article's comment page with this magnet link.

Oh my, sorry, wasn't my intention. Removing it (better, indented)

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by zz1 »

bryanh wrote: post #51
zz1 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not enough to fully understand the situation, but great documentary. Highly recommended. Freely available, of course, so here's a magnet link, for those unwilling to open their PirateBrowser / to bypass TPB censorship. magnet:?xt=urn:btih:98a2faaf2393aa4494bdc4f01f50ec3d010de8cf&dn=TPB%20AFK%202013%20The%20Pirate%20Bay%20Away%20From%20Keyboard%20SimonKlose&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A…

Would you mind putting your magnet link in a indented code block? The non-breaking string of chars is causing the page to go wonky.

Thanks, done!

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

#54

Post by userbinator »

ColinWright wrote: post #3

From Google translate ... Peter Sunde arrested in Skåne One of the brains behind the file sharing site The Pirate Bay has been arrested. Peter Sunde, 35, was arrested today in a raid in southern Sweden. - He has been on the run since 2012 , says Carolina Ekéus , press contact at NCIS . Rikskriminalen state that Peter Sunde has been wanted by Interpol and that he is now arrested. - He was arrested for him to serve a p…

Quite good for Google translate. There's some odd words like "kväljer" but overall the meaning is pretty clear.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by zz1 »

tptacek wrote: post #40
fredsted wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>costs for running it were minimal What makes you say that?

One possible stab towards a response is to observe that the cost for most popular sites is dominated by headcount costs, and TPB didn't have a large headcount.

They also had to buy new servers a few times.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by zxcdw »

jacquesm wrote: post #48

Very clever to arrest him after the elections. Before the elections this would have been a much bigger issue and possibly would have gained votes for the Swedish Pirate Party resulting in more seats in the European Parliament for them.

As a small detail, Peter Sunde ran for the European Parlament with the Finnish Pirate Party.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by kryptiskt »

jacquesm wrote: post #48

Very clever to arrest him after the elections. Before the elections this would have been a much bigger issue and possibly would have gained votes for the Swedish Pirate Party resulting in more seats in the European Parliament for them.

Why would the police give two shits about the EU election? I don't know what corrupt hellhole you are from, but Sweden doesn't work like that.

Not that it would have been an issue. The Pirate Bay trial is old news and it's hardly a major scandal that a convicted man has to serve his time. As it is, the Pirate Party was wiped out and were far from getting a seat.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by mrkickling »

zz1 wrote: post #43

Too bad he didn't made to the EU Parliament. That makes two out of the three in jail, which is very saddening. I wonder what will happen to Frederik: I doubt they will just let him be. They are beating three to scare millions.

He's in Laos, and according to TPB AFK he will stay there wanking for 5 years.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by thinkpad20 »

Tomte wrote: post #9
ArcticCelt wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can he just fill for bankruptcy to clear the damages?

Without knowing Swedish law, I'm rather certain he cannot. Personal bankruptcy is usually out of the question for debts arising from unlawful behaviour. You cannot evade damages or a penalty imposed by a court just by filing bankruptcy. Imagine a legal system where you could. Preposterous.

Preposterous, perhaps, but it also creates a class of people who can afford to break laws.

Re: Peter Sunde arrested in Sweden

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Post by baddox »

kryptiskt wrote: post #57
jacquesm wrote: post #48

Very clever to arrest him after the elections. Before the elections this would have been a much bigger issue and possibly would have gained votes for the Swedish Pirate Party resulting in more seats in the European Parliament for them.

Why would the police give two shits about the EU election? I don't know what corrupt hellhole you are from, but Sweden doesn't work like that. Not that it would have been an issue. The Pirate Bay trial is old news and it's hardly a major scandal that a convicted man has to serve his time. As it is, the Pirate Party was wiped out and were far from getting a seat.

> Why would the police give two shits about the EU election?

Because police are part of the government, and the government of Sweden has obvious reasons to care about EU elections.

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