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• Pirate Bay block prompts Anonymous to launch DDOS

  By Jeremy Kirk | 11 January, 2012 01:00

  Anonymous has struck the websites of two anti-piracy organizations, a day after Finnish ISP Elisa blocked access to The Pirate Bay search engine in response to an injunction requested by one of the organizations.

• Pirate Bay guilty verdict upheld

  By Jared Newman | 27 November, 2010 07:03

  Three founders of The Pirate Bay lost their appeal to a Swedish court, and are still liable for months of prison time and millions of dollars for copyright infringement.

• Swedish judge confirms Pirate Bay convictions on appeal

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 November, 2010 04:06

  Three men found guilty of being accessories to crimes against copyright law for their part in running The Pirate Bay have lost their appeal, while a fourth man still awaits trial.The three, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde, and Carl Lundström, were originally each sentenced to a year in prison, but the Svea Court of Appeals reduced their sentences on Friday: Neij must now serve 10 months, Sunde eight months and Lundström four.

• Pirate Bay appeals trial ready to start after long delay

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 28 September, 2010 00:57

  The Pirate Bay copyright-infringement appeals trial will start on Tuesday, after being delayed for about a year due to allegations of bias directed at the two judges who will hear the case.

• RIAA, MPAA Websites Pummeled By 4chan's Wrath

  By David Saetang | 21 September, 2010 12:13

  The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) fell victim to the wrath of 4chan members this weekend.

• Swedish Pirate Party to host Wikileaks servers

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 19 August, 2010 04:00

  The Swedish Pirate Party has agreed with Wikileaks to host several new servers and provide the site bandwidth for free, it said on Tuesday.

• Judge refuses to force Dutch ISP to block Pirate Bay

  By Jasper Bakker | 20 July, 2010 01:12

  Dutch anti-piracy foundation Brein has failed in its attempt to force Dutch ISP Ziggo to block access to The Pirate Bay. The famous torrent site will remain accessible for Ziggo subscribers.

• Hacker cracks Pirate Bay, exposes 4M pirates

  By Barbara Hernandez | 09 July, 2010 08:23

  Use Pirate Bay to find or swap files? If so, about 4 million of you have just had your accounts hacked and user names, e-mail and Internet addresses compiled by a 23-year-old Argentinian (and two pals) exploiting the site's SQL vulnerabilities.

• The Pirate Bay must stay blocked in Denmark, says court

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 28 May, 2010 00:11

  Telecom operator Telenor will have to continue to block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in Denmark, the Danish Supreme Court said on Thursday.

• US lawmakers target The Pirate Bay, other sites

  By Grant Gross | 20 May, 2010 05:12

  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, a group of U.S. lawmakers concerned with copyright infringement, has listed The Pirate Bay and five other Web sites as "notorious" file-sharing sites.

• The Pirate Bay back, thanks to the Swedish Pirate Party

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 19 May, 2010 01:15

  A German court injunction temporarily left file-sharing site The Pirate Bay without a bandwidth provider, but thanks to the Swedish Pirate Party the site came back online Tuesday.

• German injunction knocks The Pirate Bay offline temporarily

  By Loek Essers | 18 May, 2010 06:13

  A German court injunction won by Hollywood studios against bandwidth provider CB3ROB took the bit torrent site The Pirate Bay offline. But the site is expected to be up again soon, according to its director.

• Pirate Bay appeal judges are not biased, says Swedish Court

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 May, 2010 05:52

  Sweden's Supreme Court has found that two of the judges scheduled to hear an appeal in the Pirate Bay case are unbiased, it ruled Wednesday.

• Copyright holders drop bid to block Pirate Bay in Norway

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 15 March, 2010 23:09

  Copyright holders have given up legal efforts to force Norwegian ISP Telenor to block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, one of the parties to the case said on Friday.

• Pirate Bay appeals looks set to start in September

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 12 March, 2010 04:07

  The case against the four people involved in the running of Pirate Bay is heading back to court at the end of September. The appeals trial is tentatively scheduled to start on Sep 28., the Svea Court of Appeals said on Wednesday.