Not at that time. That came after the us government pushed the swedish government to do something and they in turn "strongly hinted" to the swedish judiciary system that they better do something.

And finally the sentencing judge socialised professionally with pro-copyright lobbyists.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 106 points 5 months ago (5 children)

That came after the us government pushed the swedish government

🎶 We're all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar 🎵

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago

It is quite interesting that American corporations harass everyone, not just us Americans.

I got together with the other Americans, and we're cool of you all want to do something about them.

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[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 24 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why was he in solitary?

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why would he need to be in solitary for being a flight risk? Sounds like you're mixing up regular prison and solitary confinement...

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“He is kept under restrictions as decided by the prosecutor. TV in his cell. He can buy cigarettes and sweets from a kiosk that comes Monday and Wednesdays,” Kristina explains.

“He is offered one hour ‘outdoors’ each day in some kind of exercise yard with high concrete walls. That is all he is allowed to leave his cell for. No gym, no opportunities to meet other people except for the guards.

Ok so I think what most people think about when they talk about solitary confinement is the US version where you have a small cell with a toilet, sink and bed and that's it, you're behind a door with a small window and sometimes you don't even get an hour of exercise...

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[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"The European Court of Human Rights distinguishes between complete sensory isolation, total social isolation and relative social isolation[30] and notes that "complete sensory isolation, coupled with total social isolation can destroy the personality and constitutes a form of inhuman treatment which cannot be justified by the requirements of security or any other reason. " https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement

If the European courts find it important to distinguish between types of solidary confinement them I feel like posters should as well. Otherwise you can't blame people for defaulting to the most commonly used type of solidarity confinement.

And the US has far more prisoners than Europeans do and we use solidary confinement far more often.

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[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S 164 points 5 months ago (2 children)

20 years ago, Pirate Bay's response

Holy shit I'm so old 😭

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 82 points 5 months ago (2 children)

20 years ago

Sees letter is dated 2004...

Why have you done this to me?

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's like 8 years ago.

...

Wait... crap. We are old.

[–] zerofk@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I refuse to think of 2000 as anything but the future where will all have flying cars.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

sad Napster noises

[–] HeartyOfGlass@lemm.ee 136 points 5 months ago (1 children)

One day I hope to write a "go fuck yourself" email of this caliber.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If every peasant started treating his opressor like this, we might actually start getting results.

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We would need all peasants doing it at once. One peasant doing it just means you get your head cut off, which unfortunately doesn't help.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 5 months ago

Some truth in that for sure.

I was talking more about when you get a chance to dunk one these clowns and you can do without getting hurt or you are willing to take calculated risk. Do it!

Most plebs now either too scared or otherwise unwilling to some basic FAFO and this made owner class brazen

Piracy is one of the best tools to tell the regime to get fucked IMHO

Seeing them bent our of shape over it is some of the best cope entertainment out there

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 101 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Despite all the lawsuits, it's still sailing

[–] Treedrake@fedia.io 46 points 5 months ago (2 children)

But not run by the original owners. And the current team is really shady. I wouldn't trust downloading an .exe from there.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 24 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Good thing you don't download executables from torrent sites?

[–] Treedrake@fedia.io 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, many do...

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[–] TheNewShaft@lemm.ee 17 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Riddled with malware, but still sailing

[–] aiccount@monyet.cc 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Been using it for decades, never an issue for me. What in the world are you trying to download over there??

[–] fraksken@infosec.pub 120 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Malware

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[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well if he's daft enough to go looking for it, what's he expecting?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 53 points 5 months ago

Malware

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[–] Treedrake@fedia.io 25 points 5 months ago

I'd say this might be true for programs, but as long as you download movies, shows and music I'd assume it's fine as long as you use common sense.

[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 22 points 5 months ago

The technologically illiterate pirate is an easy target.

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[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 90 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Darknet Diaries podcast made a really good episode about The Pirate Bay, telling the entire story, including funny stories like the responses to these letters, and interviewing Peter Sunde, one of the 3 founders. https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/92/

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks, you gave me a new podcast to listen to.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s one of my favorites! Also check out Search Engine, one of my favorite new podcasts with an amazing host. “What’s the best phone to do crimes on”, the latest episode, is excellent—Darknet Diaries covered the subject as well, but this goes into even more detail.

I also loved “Who’s behind all those spammy text messages?” but that one gets DARK.

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[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 88 points 5 months ago (1 children)

IIRC, the US accusers even quoted US federal law at TPB in emails preceding this. They had probably just assumed TPB were US based and this response where how they found out.

I'm still salty about Sweden bending over about this, tho. Sovereignty is a lie.

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 35 points 5 months ago

Actually absolute bad-asses!

[–] clot27@lemm.ee 31 points 5 months ago

Based

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Steal This Film

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[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 5 months ago

BASED

[–] Fontasia@feddit.nl 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Remember when they tried to buy Sealand?

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[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 months ago

The hunt for the cofounders of torrent site The Pirate Bay was a lengthy game of cat-and-mouse, spanning several continents. In the end, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm all ended up in prison.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 9 points 5 months ago

This puts me in mind of Arkell vs. Pressdram.

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