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Evasive action: How The Pirate Bay four dodged Swedish justice—for a while

The Pirate Bay, despite its legal troubles, has survived for nearly a decade. Citizen Media Watch On April 17, 2009, the four Swedish men behind file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay (TPB)—Fredrik “tiamo” Neij,...

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Thursday, October 4th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Co-founder of Pirate Bay, Detained in Sweden

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, co-founder of Pirate Bay, was detained by local police in Sweden and is under questioning for potential involvement of the Logica hacking and is currently serving his one-year sentence. For...

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Monday, September 17th, 2012 Net News No Comments

"What we do is good": Pirate Bay lashes out as Swedish lawsuit finally ends

The Swedish lawsuit against four of The Pirate Bay's previous administrators concluded today as the country's Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal . Jail sentences and fines against the group now become...

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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 Net News No Comments

Court to Pirate Bay Founders: Close Site or Pay Fine

Gottfried Svartholm-Warg and Fredrik Neij told they must shut down the site or pay a 500,000 Swedish kronor ($71,297 USD) fine, nevermind the fact that neither they nor site are located in Sweden....

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Friday, October 30th, 2009 Net News No Comments

Pirate Bay Men Threatened with New Fine for Keeping the Site Going

The famous picture of the two indicted - Gottfried Svartholm Warg & Fredrik Neij (left to right) After earlier today we reported about new potential buyers for Pirate Bay (some of whom are...

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Thursday, October 29th, 2009 Net News No Comments