Wednesday, 4. March 2009
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on March 4, 2009 at 12:18:00 PM CET
Pirate Bay Trial Ends; Verdict Due April 17
The Pirate Bay trial wrapped up here Tuesday amid a media circus as attorneys for the four accused founders of the world's most notorious BitTorrent tracker proclaimed their clients' innocence to charges of facilitating copyright infringement.
One of the attorneys declared the 2-week trial a mockery.
"These kinds of abstract case are not supposed to be brought to the court at all," attorney Per E. Samuelson said during his argument. "The prosecutor has not managed to keep calm in light of the enormous pressure and lobbying from record and film companies."
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