News reports over the last few days have plotted a map for The Pirate Bay, the 109th most used site on the internet and torrent website, leading that they may be able to walk away from the claims of $13 million dollars that record and video industry giants are claiming against the tracker.
The Pirate Bay has been a pinnacle of online sharing of content and become the equivalent of Google in some regards for file transfers. The Stockholm trial still has yet to conclude its 13 day term, but the waters of the Bay are looking calmer than before.
Defendants of The Pirate Bay owners Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij, and Peter Sunde are claiming The Pirate Bay hasn't done anything wrong, claiming that making them liable for any illegal activity that occurs is like suing the automobile manufacturers because their cars are capable of going over the speed limit.
Prosecutors representing companies such as Universal, Warner Bros, MGM, EMI, 20th Century Fox, Colombia Pictures, and Sony BMG, are upset because a major hole has been made out of their prosecution involving whether The Pirate Bay actually houses the files. Torrent trackers never actually house any of the files being transferred, they just provide a connectivity service, similar to a telephone operator.
Prosecutors have adjusted their charges and are only trying to hold the Bay for making available copyrighted materials.
What do you think? Is The Pirate Bay guilty for having a site that offers the functionality of grabbing potentially illegal things? Are they going to get away from this one? Comment.
[via Google News]
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