February 19, 2009
Pirate Bay Trial Day 4
The Wall Street Journal on day four of the tumultuous Pirate Bay trial.
... Pirate Bay champions view the prosecution’s dropped charges as a sign that victory is imminent, though prosecution lawyer Peter Danowsky has said that the change lets prosecutors focus on the charge of “assisting making available copyright material.”
Not everyone in the blogosphere is on the Pirate Bay’s side. PC World’s Jeff Bertolucci writes in a post called “It’s Time for Pirate Bay to Walk the Plank”: “No, I’m not a card-carrying member of the RIAA, nor am I a fan of the recording industry’s past strong-arm tactics to fight piracy… The Pirate Bay makes its living off piracy, and that’s bad. It allows millions of Internet users to steal music, movies, games, and so on.”
But he also says he’s glad Pirate Bay has rattled the cage. “Its looming shadow has led to positive developments over the past year, as media conglomerates realized that they needed to find creative ways to fight piracy,” he adds.
Read also:
-- Day 4 - Pirate Bay Defense Calls Foul Over Evidence (Torrent Freak)
-- Prosecution Baffled by Pirate Bay’s Anarchic Structure (Wired)
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