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Pirate Bay Four Appeal Judge Bias Claims to Supreme Court

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2009 - 8:49am.
Stockholm, Sweden - The four operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay have taken their conflict of interest challenge against two of the judges assigned to hear their appeal of a conviction on copyright infringement charges to the Supreme Court in Sweden, TorrentFreak reported.

The Pirate Bay operators were convicted in April of copyright infringement, and ordered to pay large fines and serve a year in prison.

They are appealing that ruling, and claim that two of the judges assigned to hear the appeal have conflicts of interest, due to their membership in pro-copyright lobby groups.

One judge, Ulrika Ihrfelt, has been a member of the Swedish Copyright Association (SFU), while another, Christina Boutz, is a member of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (SFIR).

The Swedish Court of Appeal rejected the defendants' conflict of interest claims, saying that membership in the associations would not bias their judgment.

That ruling has now been appealed to the Supreme Court, which could delay the defendants' appeal of their conviction, currently scheduled to start in November.

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/sjzbz (TorrentFreak)

Published in DMW Daily, October 16, 2009


tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Music | Movies | Copyright | The Pirate Bay |



Comments

Wow "The Swedish Court of

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on October 16, 2009 - 9:17am.
Wow "The Swedish Court of Appeal rejected the defendants' conflict of interest claims, saying that membership in the associations would not bias their judgment." How wouldn't they have a conflict of interest. If they are members of anti-copyrite groups then of course they are going to want to stop them.

If any of the judges

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on October 16, 2009 - 12:39pm.
If any of the judges admitted to using Limewire, Mininova, or some other P2P program (And it's a fair bet that at least a few of them do, regularly) you can bet that the plaintiffs would be throwing a complete fit over it! There is, in fact, a single organization these judges can belong to that is qualified to offer an opinion on matters of copyright law: The judicial branch of government. It is not possible to be unbiased and belong to ANY other organization significantly involved in copyright law, regardless of that organization's viewpoint on copyright.

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