The Pirate Bay trial ended, the verdict: guilty

[Phott]

If they do get convicted, there's gonna be a shit load of suing and alike.

[mat_de_b]

Unlike google isnt stuff uploaded to thepiratebay? and they run a tracker don't they? So they aren't just a search engine? Unlike isohunt.com which actually is?

[Lobstar]

Who cares about Tingsrätten, have they ever been right about any fucking thing? Ofc they will be freed by HD, at least they know what they are doing.

[Enraged]

We must sue everyone on the internet! We have greatz logicz behind this idea ye! Basically, everyone on the internet is a communist, because they like to share things. Also, we must make Tim Bernes Lee because he is responsible for the internet, and the internet are bad, like tubes it is bad. Also, every ISP in the world because they have provided a service to help distribute our crap right? Yeh that makes sense! Also, sue the guy working the farms because he made food for the people who are stealing our content, and as we know everyone is responsible for everything ever in downloading everything we've ever produced and it's the fault of these everyones that we are loosing money and not our own proffesional faliures. Every penny we havent taken out of everyone's pockets is because of pirates.

EVERYTHING EVER IN EVERLAND IS EVERYONE IN EVERYLAND'S FAULT BECAUSE THEY FAIL EVERY TIME AT HANDING OVER EVERY PENNY THEY MAKE IN THEIR EVER CRAPPY LIVES

[wood250]

heres another link about piratebay:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8003799.stm

The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia Pictures.

[marks]

It will be overturned on appeal, mark my words.

[thebeanie]

Gentlemen.
You can panic now.

HOLY FUCKING BUDDHA ON A TRICYCLE DOING DOUGHNUTS ON TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST, WHAT THE FUCKING FUCKED-UP FUCK JUST FUCKING HAPPENED?

Take it to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, guys. Let the fucking UN figure this one out, eh lads?

I bet tomorrow the MPAA will release a press-release saying how happy they are that this has happened.
Stupid fuckers. The internet never forgives and never forgets. I will bet you that just as a result of this trial, internet piracy will TRIPLE over the next few weeks.

NO-ONE FUCKS WITH THE INTERNET!

[vcool]

The internet is an organism of it's own.

Our heirs shall forever remember the 17th of April as the day "...the Internet gained self-conscientiousness".

[Jman]

I always wondered why huge companies care about piracy. It comes with the job, and they still somehow make millions of dollars for the high ranking members of the company. I see thousands of jobs that don't have to worry about piracy and they make much less, which leads me to believe that if you really care that much about piracy, you're either greedy as hell, or barely making it. The fact the trial was mostly by the former is completely retarded.

[Enraged]

Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the verdict sent out a clear message.

"These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their behaviour, it was reprehensible.

"The Pirate Bay did immense harm and the damages awarded doesn't even get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did.

"There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change that," he said.

Evidential proof that not a single person in the music industry understands how the internet works. They still think that Pirate Bay makes the owners money! If anything I think that the 4 of them have had to pay for servers and electrical bills out of their own pockets, and the only income they seem to have been able to make were from donations from users and they still sell some pirate bay clothing and stuff. Either way, IFPI can now be said to be definantly run by a fucking idiot.

Immense harm? Bull shit! You lot are loosing money for various reasons, and hardly any of it is piracy. It's mainly because of your denial to change your ways and come up with new approaches to produce revenue. The evolution of alternative media has resulted in people spending their money elsewhere. There are a lot more reasons, but grow the fuck up!

My view of piracy is now higher then ever! Why would I hand money over to corporations, especially now. I'm never buying another movie or CD ever again. I'll still buy video games though, so if you'll excuse me, I'm off to download everything I've ever wanted in terms of media content ever.

[Sathor]

Just one of the last dinosaurs having a last victory. Dinosaurs are extinct. The music industry is a dinosaur, a conservative, slow creature, not fitting into our time. It will be extinct soon, like any dinosaur.

[thebeanie]

Just one of the last dinosaurs having a last victory. Dinosaurs are extinct. The music industry is a dinosaur, a conservative, slow creature, not fitting into our time. It will be extinct soon, like any dinosaur.

Nah, dinosaurs are awesome. Compare the music industry to some less awesome extinct creature. Such as trilobites.

[Sathor]

Some dinosaurs were ugly. The music industry is an ugly dinosaur. And it sucks.

Oh, and any other dinosaur is awesome, of course.

[dissonance]

Dinosaurs are awesome, so your analogy is flawed.
I'd compare them to one of those turds that refuses to be flushed no matter how many times you try.

[Phott]

Dinosaurs are awesome, so your analogy is flawed.
I'd compare them to one of those turds that refuses to be flushed no matter how many times you try.

I wouldn't say the entire music industry is like that, I'd still buy an album of some of my favorite bands just to "donate".

I bet the downloading rate will double, if not triple, over the following weeks.