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Propaganda always trumps truth
Yes, TPB openly ridiculed the asshats from the US that sent them DMCA takedowns. This was, of course, turned into a major point against them, and that was accomplished far easier than it should have been.

Naturally, the Propaganda Machine simply says that TPB didn't honour takedown requests from rights holders, and because of the takedowns, they had knowledge of the infringements.

What the courts should have taken full note of was that TPB complied with all APPLICABLE takedown requests. What they had no respect for, and rightly so, were the idiotic DMCA requests from the US. In reply to those, TPB merely treated the groups who sent them as the morons they were.

TPB had no obligation to take any actions based on these illegitimate claims, including even taking note of the possible infringements being described.

Legally, TPB didn't break any existing laws that governed them, and seemed to have every right to believe what they were doing with these DMCA notices was justified, and that they were safe within the law. Indeed, that should have been the case.

This farce of a trial just helps to illustrate once again the continuing collusion between these lobbying "trade groups" and world governments.

Posted by: AlphaSet   Posted on: 05/02/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Propaganda always trumps truth  AlphaSet | 05/02/09
You are right: they didn't break any laws  Lerianis | 05/02/09
RE: Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google  mr1972 | 05/03/09
RE: Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google  doru001 | 05/09/09
RE: Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google  Morely | 05/03/09
RE: Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google  relwolf | 05/03/09
if you can't get justice, buy it  stevey_d | 05/04/09
What RIAA/MPAA fails to see is they host nothing  Randalllind | 05/03/09
Maybe it's because...  John L. Ries | 05/04/09
Maybe it's because...  doru001 | 05/09/09
RE: Pirate Bay verdict dismissed safe harbors, comparison with Google  Mabrick | 05/04/09
did you just miss all the news for the last 12 months  stevey_d | 05/04/09
I'll agree with most of that  John L. Ries | 05/04/09

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