Pirate Bay is getting closer to reviewing the case

The involvement of Judge Thomas Nurström, who sentenced The Pirate Bay to national and international organizations for the protection of copyright was more significant than previously reported. Therefore, many responsible figures in the Swedish judicial system are convinced that a review of the case over the founders of the tracker is simply necessary in order to provide the defendants with an impartial legal process.



A few days after the verdict was passed, the Swedish judge was strongly criticized for his active participation in various associations for lobbying copyright. To everyone's surprise, Thomas Nurström never advertised his membership in such organizations even before he took on the TPB case.



Together with several lawyers representing the film industry and record labels, the judge is a member of the Swedish Copyright Law Association (SFU) and the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Law (SFIR).

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Being in these societies, Nurström was automatically a member of the two largest organizations of pro-copyright law - ALAI and AIPPI, in the charters of which the main goal was defined - to satisfy the interests of the copyright holders. Actually sentencing the administrators of the world's largest tracker to a year in prison and large amounts of fines, the judge unquestioningly fulfilled the obligations prescribed by the statute.



Initially, many representatives of the Swedish judicial system doubted whether Nurström’s participation in national organizations for the protection of intellectual property was such a significant reason for a retrial. According to Swedish Radio, after the facts of his membership in ALAI and AIPPI surfaced, doubts disappeared by themselves. Many insiders and experts wished to remain anonymous, but Eric Bylander, a professor of procedural law at the University of Gothenburg, said that "the credibility of the judicial system will return if the appellate court considers this as bias."



In the case of a retrial, this will be a small one, but a victory for the defendants and a replay of the Spectrial with perhaps another ending. Peter Sunde, one of the defendants found guilty by a biased judge, sincerely hopes for a retrial. “In the interests of Swedish justice, it is simply necessary to send the case for review if only to restore public confidence in an impartial court,” said Peter in an interview with TorrentFreak. A request for a re-trial was filed and we will hear a decision on its adoption in a few weeks.



In addition to replacing the obviously concerned judge, Peter and the company will demand a new police investigation. The investigation on which the prosecution was based was led by Jim Kaiser, who was caught in connection with Warner Bros. “We want an investigation open to the eyes of the public in order to make sure of the accuracy of all the materials provided,” Peter Sunde writes in his blog.