Sweden sued over Pirate Raid
Found on The Inquirer on Wednesday, 14 June 2006
Ten companies which had their servers confiscated during the police's raids against file-sharing outfit The Pirate Bay are suing the Swedish government.
The outfits, which had nothing to do with Pirate Bay but had the misfortune of having the same ISP, are suing for between 10,000 and 200,000 kronor each.
The Swedish coppers took down all the servers belonging to the ISP PRQ, which hosted the Pirate Bay, without checking who else was using the company.
A spokesman for Inspector Knacker of the Swedish Yard has refused to telllocal media why it had confiscated the other servers.
It is quite likely that the concept of Pirate Bay using an ISP had not occurred to them.
This should get interesting. Hopefully it will reveal some of the background of this raid and not just end with an "It was officer Dan's fault; he's sorry and will sit in the corner for a week".