Court Declines Daily Fines Against The Pirate Bay Operators

The request from four major record labels to fine the Pirate Bay operators for every day the site remains up and running was declined by the Swedish District Court today. Contrary to what the labels had requested, the court said it wants to hear the defendants before it will take any action. In an attempt to prevent The Pirate Bay from linking to copyright infringing material, Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner have asked the court to issue penalties to the site

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