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Swedish judge confirms Pirate Bay convictions on appeal

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.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 29 November, 2010 04:06

Tags: the pirate bay, Sweden, pirate bay, legal, intellectual property, Criminal, copyright
Wikileaks' Assange to be questioned, says Swedish prosecutor

Swedish Chief Prosecutor Eva Finné has ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be questioned about molestation allegations.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 August, 2010 04:54

Tags: wikileaks, Sweden, legal, Julian Assange
Swedish prosecutor aims to decide on Assange case on Tuesday

Swedish chief prosecutor Eva Finné aims to make a decision on how to move forward in the investigation of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange tomorrow, she said in a statement on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 August, 2010 03:30

Tags: wikileaks, Sweden, legal, Julian Assange
Swedish Pirate Party to host Wikileaks servers

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

By Mikael Ricknäs | 19 August, 2010 04:00

Tags: wikileaks, The Pirate Party, the pirate bay, Sweden, Internet-based applications and services, internet
Pirate Bay appeal judges are not biased, says Swedish Court

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.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 13 May, 2010 05:52

Tags: the pirate bay, Sweden, security, legal, copyright

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Pirate Party finds France fertile territory

Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval.

By Peter Sayer | 27 June, 2009 01:26

Tags: EU parliament, France, Parti Pirate Français, Pirate Party, Sweden
Swedish regulators look at handling of mobile location data

The sale of location information from mobile operators to service providers could result in privacy issues, and needs to be investigated, two Swedish regulators said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 June, 2009 00:40

Tags: data protection, privacy, Sweden

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