Showing posts with label peter sunde. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peter sunde. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Pirate Bay Founder Fredrik Neij Has Been Arrested In Thailand!

When the courts found them guilty, Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, all went on their own ways, to avoid jail.
Sunde decided to be in Europe, Svartholm was already living in Cambodia, and Neij moved to Laos to be with his Lao wife and their children.
For whatever the reasons, Neij crossed Thai border from Laos many a times and this time, Thai immigration police was waiting for him. Thai border police had executed an Interpol arrest warrant. According to Thai authorities, Neij and his wife had crossed the border an estimated 27 times before finally being caught.
Thai media is reporting that “U.S. movie companies” hired a law firm to track down Neij. It’s also been revealed that in addition to having a house on the island of Phuket, Neij had five million baht ($153,000) in a local bank account.
Anyway now all three founders are behind the bars
As always, Torrentfreak supplied the news.
A video in Thai language

Friday, November 26, 2010

Piratebay Lose Appeal, Get Reduced Sentences And Increased Fines.

The Swedish appeals court found the founders of piratebay guilty and upheld the 2009 ruling against them that found them sentenced to a year in jail and heavily fined. The new ruling reduces the jailterms but increases the fines.

Fredrik Neij (born April 27, 1978) alias ‘TiAMO’:
Guilty of contributory copyright infringement
10 months in prison
A share of the $6.5 million in damages

Peter Sunde (born September 13, 1978) alias ‘brokep’
Guilty of contributory copyright infringement
8 months in prison
A share of the $6.5 million in damage

Carl Lundström (born April 13, 1960)
Guilty of contributory copyright infringement
4 months in prison
A share of the $6.5 million in damages
"It is now time for The Pirate Bay, whose operators have twice been convicted in court, to close. We now look to governments and ISPs to take note of this judgment, do the responsible thing and take the necessary steps to get The Pirate Bay shut down." said the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry.
I wonder how many other piratebays will pop up? Or something like piratebay in North Korea!
Read more at torrentfreak