Pirate Bay administrators can be fined $ 188,000 each

Swedish prosecutor Håkan Roswall announced the charges against four individuals who are the administrators of TPB. The defendants, whose age ranges from 23 to 37 years old, are charged with complicity in copyright infringement of 4 software units, 9 films and 22 musical compositions.

“The work of the site is based on advertising revenue. In this case, the use of copyrighted materials for commercial purposes is taking place, ”prosecutor Håkan Roswall said in a statement. The prosecution claims that the site generates at least $ 4 million in advertising revenue per year.
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Based on such data, Roswall asks the court to appoint each of the four accused - Fredrik Neij ("TiAMO"), Gottfrid Svartholm ("Anakata"), Peter Sunde ("Brokep"), businessman Carl Lundström - a fine of $ 188,000 with confiscation of their computers . Among the works that were used by the prosecution, there are: the composition “Let It Be” of the Beatles group, the motion picture of Harry Potter's “The Goblet of Fire”

The plaintiffs, including: Warner Bros., Colombia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Sony BMG, Universal and EMI intend to file claims for damages by the end of February.

In response to the accusations, TPB co-founder Peter Sunde (“Brokep”) told TorrentFreak: “Of course we are interested in the outcome of the case and we only welcome the fact that they are trying to find criminal responsibility in our actions, because we have long known that we don’t did nothing illegal. "

A police investigation began almost two years ago, after a disputed, in terms of law, raids on TPB data centers. During the operation, the police confiscated 180 servers, most of which have nothing to do with the bay, they just hosted one provider. In December last year, the investigation was finally completed, with the result being 4000 pages of legal documents.

“Users have no reason to fear that the site will shut down, it will continue to work in any court decision.” If the court supports the prosecutor, this will not affect the operation of the site. The Pirate Bay will continue to work with any outcome. Years have passed since we organized TPB and we still have a long life ahead of us, " said Sunde just recently.

via noname