Pirate Bay attorney outlines arguments for appeal
Found on CNet News on Friday, 08 May 2009
Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Fredrik Neij, and Carl Lundstroem were all found guilty last month of having assisted in making 33 copyright-protected files accessible for illegal file sharing via the Piratebay.org Web site.The four were sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to pay $3.6 million in damages to copyright holders.
As CNET has reported, Judge Tomas Norstroem, who ruled against the Pirate Bay defendants, is a member of two copyright organizations. Some allege his membership is a conflict of interest.
This judge should have not been allowed to get this case at all. Judges need to be neutral; any ties to the industry should result in the termination of their job.