n a few months from now the trial of The Pirate Bay four will start. The “Free The Pirate Bay” group on Facebook has proclaimed Friday February 8th to be “wear yellow for sharing day”, so everyone can show their support for the Pirate Bay team, and filesharing in general.
At the moment of writing, over 300 people have confirmed they will join the event. The “Free The Pirate Bay” group, with Peter Sunde (aka Brokep) as officer, is hosting the “wear yellow for sharing” event that will take place tomorrow.
At this point it is not even clear whether the Pirate Bay has to be freed. The Pirate Bay case is likely to be delayed until after the summer due to its complexity, according to Anita Thimberg from the Stockholm district court. a€œIt can take weeks for the parties to simply go through all the documents included in the summons,a€ she told The Local.
Meanwhile, The Pirate Bay team can do with some support, since they are once again fighting their enemies from the anti-piracy lobby in the media. They even launched a court blog to respond to all kinds of wild accusations, and keep the users of the site informed. There they write: “Our enemies in Hollywood know that a court ruling wona€™t stop us. They know that silly legal threats wona€™t stop up. We believe they are using this process to spread as much dirt about us as possible. To make filesharing look dangerous and illegal.”
The blog post continues: “Expect the months around the trial(s) to be dirty! Expect our enemies to spread some nasty lies about us! This will not be a battle of right or wrong. It will be about who wins the debate in the media.”
:wellcome:
