The Pirate Bay mulls suing Sweden
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- A Swedish judge with strong links to the entertainment kartells, and who presided in The Pirate Bay trial, isn’t guilty of bias, a local court has ruled.
Now, “we will probably file charges against the swedish legal system to the european court of human rights,” blogs TPB spokesman Peter Sunde, aka Brokep (right).
“The court says that Tomas Norström should have informed about his engagement in the different pro-copyright organisations and that it should have been done before the court case,” he says, going on »»»
They also say that he’s probably more biased towards judging in favor of the rights holder. However – Anders Eka, the person judging here (and has the final verdict) – does not say that this enough for being biased.
Oh. And it should also be noted that Anders Eka, the guy with the final decision that is not appealable, heads in an immaterial rights organisation as Peter Drowsky and Monique Wasted, the MPAA and Ifpi-lawyers.
However, he does not feel that working together with the lawyers that enjoys this decision the most has an impact on his decision or that he might be biased himself…
Stay tuned.
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June 27th, 2009 at 1:42 am
I think it is perfectly reasonable to expect a fair unbiased trial. The law in most free countries guarantee this as an inalienable human right in fact. However slight, the possibility does exist that the founders of The Pirate Bay did not get such a trial and I feel they are right to seek justice from the court of human rights. Whether the The Pirate Bay was actually guilty of the original charges or are using this as some sort of stall tactic is irrelevant. All citizens, whether file sharers or not, should be highly concerned when it comes to all of their rights. If you don’t protect them vigilantly, you risk losing them forever.