Mafiaa demands $15 million from Pirate Bay
Pirate Bay principals scoff
THE MPAA says it will be demanding $15.4 million from Pirate Bay when its lawsuit goes to trial.
The content mafiaa plans to claim damages for just four movies -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Syriana, The Pink Panther and Walk the Line -- and 13 episodes of the recent TV series Prison Break.
It's demanding between 222.50 and 261.50 kronor ($37 to $43) for each film download and 416 kronor ($68) for Prison Break's first season.
According to the MPAA's law firm MAQS, Pirate Bay's users downloaded The Pink Panther 49,593 times and Syriana 3,679 times. MAQS calls the damage claim amounts "not unreasonable" of course. It says the distributed files were made available by Pirate Bay prior to the release of DVDs or legal downloads.
Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde (Brokep) told Torrent Freak he wasn't impressed by the Hollywood companies' claims, saying "They know they are losing, and try to make us look like big criminals by adding some zeros to a claim for a made-up crime."
He went on, "The worst thing is that I lost 100 kronor on a bet on the number they would come up with. And, it sucks that they didn't claim more than for Napster and the other sites. It's cooler to break the record."
However, monetary claims against Pirate Bay are piling up. Last month IFPI claimed damages of $2.5 million. Earlier Thursday, Antipiratbyrån requested $1.1 million. And prosecutor Håkan Roswall asked the court in January for $188,000 in fines against Fredrik Neij (TiAMO), Gottfrid Svartholm (Anakata), Peter Sunde and Carl Lundström.
No court date has been set, but a trial is expected to happen later this year. µ
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Comments
Corral the sheeple
This is a tough one for a US satellite state like Sweden which has always prided itself on its freedom and democracy. How do you do your master's bidding while convincing the sheeple that they still call the shots.Tricky balancing act I'd say.
So Pirate Bay must lose, but no big fines, just to prove that Sweden isn't like the US, after all.
You have to understand why the US takes this seriously. They have moved from an economy which used to make things to one which peddles intellectual property that any fool can copy for nothing.
The last thing they need is for their own sheeple to realise how fucked they are.
Look, piracy is bad mmkay?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MgZqMx-qWwMakes Sense
New twist in downloading music can leave your computer a mess, resulting in wasted time and money for thousands (millions) of patrons. So who's in charge here?http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/09/internet.hacking
The technique, known as a Trojan horse, is common, but the latest variant appears to have been more successful than many of its counterparts. This could be because it was first planted on huge filesharing networks such as eDonkey and Limewire, which are used by millions of people to share music, movies and video files.
Weird logic
Yes because we all know that:1. Every single download is a separate person
2. Every single one of those watched the downloaded files
3. Every single one of those has not bought the original and never had the intention of doing so
Interesting assumptions. So if I download a game and play it, just to find out if it's crap or not before I shell out my hard earned money on it I'm a pirate.
And don't get me started about demos.
Yeah so you want to test the car before you buy it? Sure. Here is the demo version. I know it lacks airbags, a hood, has half the horsepower and is missing the doors but hey. It's a demo version.
idiot
<i>This is a tough one for a US satellite state like Sweden which has always prided itself on its freedom and democracy. How do you do your master's bidding while convincing the sheeple that they still call the shots.</i>"Sheeple" "Satellite State" "Master's Bidding"? Dear God! You have no chance in life. You are so incredibly stupid you should save yourself all the heartbreak and kill yourself now. Seriously.
re: Makes Sense
So what your saying is Valve does the right thing and has Free weekends for there games and others who want to on steam.US version of Democracy
It is amazing what power the MPAA has when they help put a president into power. I guess it also get you the courts where the LAW is what ever they say it is in what ever country they want.Two to Tango
The PirateBay should demand $15mill off the Mafiaa for promoting their goods. It takes two to tango.Trojan Horse
Easy. The user is in charge, and if they are stupid enough to running Windows, well they deserve what they get.
Yeah, I'm being nasty. I can afford to. All of my computers run either Linux, or OSX, and they are never a problem.