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Pirate Bay Money Squeeze Rejected by Court |
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Source: TorrentFreak - Posted by anthony
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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’s operators for every day they continue to keep the tracker and website online.
In the request to the District Court, music industry lawyer Peter Danowsky had pointed out that The Pirate Bay links to hundreds of music albums to which the record labels own the rights. The labels consequently demanded action, and wanted the Pirate Bay team to remove the torrents, close the site or pay up. The labels further asked the court to apply financial penalties immediately, without hearing the opinions of the defendants.
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