Electronic Pirates at Bay

Founders of the worlds lead file-sharing website Pirate Bay are facing charges in Sweden of promoting infringement of copyright laws. Hello, Im Charlotte Bellis and youre watching Newsy.com. www.newsy.com Major media firms are seeking about US.6 million dollars in damages and interest for losses from illegal downloads made possible by Pirate Bay. Were tracking coverage from Russia Today, the BBC, Swedens The Local and WIRED.com. Lets begin with Russia Today. The TV network talks to Pirate Bays founder, who tells them its part of a battle against greedy corporate America. He defends his websites actions. It is not stealing, not morally or not legally. The way that corporate law is written you arent actually committing a crime if youre just referencing the pirate material. You need to actually take an active part in the sharing. (Russia Today) The BBC brings in the judicial perspective – from two views legal and illegal from one viewpoint it can be compared to making cars that can be driven faster than the speed limit. On the other side lawyers for Warner Brothers and MGM say [I]ts not a trial about shutting down a people’s library Its a trial that regards four individuals that have conducted a big commercial business making money out of others file-sharing works (BBC) Swedish newspaper website The Local brings us another view. An editorial cartoon compares the file-sharing activities to a more traditional form of pirated acts The cartoon portrays a scene of two men …
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