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Swedish police dont have strong case against The Pirate Bay

20 May 2007 18:11 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 7 comments

Almost a year after the police raids on The Pirate Bay, Prosecutor Hakan Roswall decided to press charges against the admins of the popular torrent tracker site.

However, a new information leak clearly shows that the Swedish police have a weak case and have little to no evidence against the admins.

This morning, over 100 servers that were confiscated in the raids were finally returned to TBP even though the "offending data" had long been copied.

Mr Roswall has long tried to find something to use against the admins but it seem now they have little to nothing. "Brokep", and admin at TPB wrote this in his blog:

�I talk to alot of people that are somehow connected to other interesting people - one of them told me that the police officer in charge of the case against The Pirate Bay actually has _nothing_ to give the District Attorney. Still he�s pressing charges.�

So far it seems the raid did nothing but bring huge media attention to the tracker and fuel its ego.

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PeaInAPod (AfterDawn Addict) 20 May 2007 18:20
I love The Pirate Bay, their like the tracker that isn't afraid to give the finger to the people who fight them. This is made clear by their amusing "Legal" section.... http://thepiratebay.org/legal Heres a reply from The Pirate Bay sent to Dreamworks Animation Quote: As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here. For your information, no Swedish law is being violated. Please be assured that any further contact with us, regardless of medium, will result in a) a suit being filed for harassment b) a formal complaint lodged with the bar of your legal counsel, for sending frivolous legal threats. It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are ....... morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons. Please also note that your e-mail and letter will be published in full on http://www.thepiratebay.org. Go fuck yourself. Polite as usual, anakata [ + quote]
AparoidX (Junior Member) 20 May 2007 19:28
Quote: I love The Pirate Bay, their like the tracker that isn't afraid to give the finger to the people who fight them. This is made clear by their amusing "Legal" section.... http://thepiratebay.org/legal Heres a reply from The Pirate Bay sent to Dreamworks Animation [quote]As you may or may not be aware, Sweden is not a state in the United States of America. Sweden is a country in northern Europe. Unless you figured it out by now, US law does not apply here. For your information, no Swedish law is being violated. Please be assured that any further contact with us, regardless of medium, will result in a) a suit being filed for harassment b) a formal complaint lodged with the bar of your legal counsel, for sending frivolous legal threats. It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are ....... morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons. Please also note that your e-mail and letter will be published in full on http://www.thepiratebay.org. Go fuck yourself. Polite as usual, anakata xD Sassy! That is hilarious! Edit: Just got done reading the other emails... xD People are so stupid! [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 20 May 2007 19:51
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 20 May 2007 23:50
Yo ho yo a pirates life for me :P [ + quote]
pigfister (Inactive) 21 May 2007 0:36
lol, that's the funniest thing i've ever heard. America likes to think that its the law of the world but apparently not eh, ship ahoy, its the USS Abraham Lincoln coming to bomb innocents in Sweden next, for not complying to the us policies much like Iraq when they wouldn't share their oil. "In a world of universal deceipt, telling the truth ia a revolutionary act." George Orwell 1984 Tor: anonymity on-line STOP the spying! http://tor.eff.org/ [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21 May 2007 0:36
svtstang (AfterDawn Addict) 21 May 2007 10:54
Quote: It is the opinion of us and our lawyers that you are ....... morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons. LMAO, no need for me to make a smart a$$ comment after that! [ + quote]
Unfocused (Member) 22 May 2007 18:35
Argh matey. Pass another bottle o rum. [ + quote]
wetsparks (Member) 24 May 2007 13:12
That letter is awesome, to bad more people don't say it to the RIAA. [ + quote]