|
Pirate Bay Trial Judge Admits He Was Member of Copyright Protection Org
|
Posted by Donster on: 2009-04-24 16:31:57 248
|
By Jason Mick @ DailyTech
Last week, the trial of four admins from The Pirate Bay, the world's largest torrent site, concluded. The result was a stunning defeat for the pirates, with a guilty verdict and a sentence of over $3M USD in damages (to be paid to Warner Bros., Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and Columbia Pictures) and a year in jail.
Now new revelations have surfaced. It turns out the judge presiding over the trial, Judge Tomas Norstrom, was a member of two Swedish copyright protection groups. He confirmed his affiliation this week, which first surfaced in Swedish Radio reports.
Read more...
|
|
News Source: Email
|
|
