Jeg er desværre nødt til at forlade forum. En gut på msn skrev til mig i dag han prøvede nogle piller hos Linda og Joe. Det var meget effektive slankepiller. Så effektive at de ville vende mit liv på hovedet. Nu sidder jeg her. Og er et click væk fra at bestille nogen. Og jeg er sikker på der ikke er plads til d3x i mit liv efter jeg begynder på de piller. Så desværre. I må hygge jer.

Pirate Bay Judge Accused of Bias, Calls for a Retrial

Posted: 22 Apr 2009 07:52 PM PDT

king kong defenseIt’s been almost a week since the verdicts of one year in prison and heavy financial damages were passed against the four accused in the Pirate Bay trial. The sentence seemed surprisingly tough to many analysts, with the court chosing to judge on intent only, dismissing all technical evidence.

But did The Pirate Bay Four receive a fair trial? Today, an event on Swedish national radio SR threw everything into doubt - and it’s barely believable, like something straight out of Hollywood.

The copyright industry likes to have the outcome of processes clear before engaging them so it’s perhaps unsurprising that SR today revealed that the judge Tomas Norström is in league with it on many fronts. The judge has several engagements - together with the prosecution lawyers for the movie and music industries.

Swedish Association of Copyright (SFU) - The judge Tomas Norström is a member of this discussion forum that holds seminars, debates and releases the Nordic Intellectual Property Law Review. Other members of this outfit? Henrik Pontén (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau), Monique Wadsted (movie industry lawyer) and Peter Danowsky (IFPI) - the latter is also a member of the board of the association.

Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR) - The judge Tomas Norström sits on the board of this association that works for stronger copyright laws. Last year they held the Nordic Championships in Intellectual Property Rights Process Strategies.

.SE (The Internet Infrastructure Foundation) - Tomas Norström works for the foundation that oversees the .se name domain and advises on domain name disputes. His colleague at the foundation? Monique Wadsted. Wadsted says she’s never met Norström although they have worked together.

Commenting on the revelations, Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde brokep said, “Spectrial Cliffhanger in S01 with the verdict - S02 started with the judge being biased. Reality beats fiction yet again!”

There are several renowned lawyers and judicial commentators that are attacking Tomas Norström’s decision to take the case, in spite of having a clear conflict of interest.

“I wouldn’t have taken the case,” says former judicial ombudsman Rune Lavin.

Former Director of Public Prosecution Sven-Erik Alhem said, “You cannot hide controversial facts. The attention this gets only leads to unnecessary questioning of bias in Swedish courts. Of course the judge should have informed people of the situation prior to the process and thereby allowed the involved parties to decide if it was suitable or not.”

Lawyer Leif Silbersky made a comment all Pirate Bay supporters want to hear, “If the lawyers [for the defense] act on this immediately, this could mean a re-trial.”

Peter Sunde’s lawyer Peter Althin says he has already put in a request for a re-trial. “In my appeal, I will claim the court was biased and that the appeal court should cancel the verdict and re-submit the case to the district court,” he said.

And the judge himself? “Every time I accept a case I make an assessment on whether I am part of it or not. But I have not felt that I am biased because of those commitments,” he said.

During the trial it was the judge, Tomas Norström, that was responsible for ensuring that the trial was fair and that the lay judges did not act in their own interests.

Previously one of the original lay judges in the case had to step down when his involvement in a music rights group became known;

“Three lay judges were appointed,” said Judge Norström one week before the trial. “On a question from me to the lay judges on whether they had any involvement in copyright associations or similar, or if they are or have been artists one of them answered Yes.”

That lay judge was removed. It’s anyone’s guess why the judge didn’t think the same should apply to him.

Whether or not Tomas Norström allowed his personal interests to get in the way of a fair verdict is open for debate, but there can’t be an intelligent human being reading this news that doesn’t feel that it would’ve been better for everyone if he simply backed away from this case and let someone else take over. He has compromised the entire case and verdict.

Rick Falkvinge of Sweden’s Pirate Party said the revelations were indicative of “corruption on a completely unforgivable level.”

This is a breaking news story, check back for updates.

Thanks to Billy

Post from: TorrentFreak



Enjoy retrial.

I has them detectivitations.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n12eKIQN1AU[/youtube]

det godt lavet

Citat fra: Swarms efter April 20, 2009, 11:10:28 am

Eller også har skævere musiske oplevelser, der i den normale musikindustri aldrig ville få en pladekontrakt, lettere ved at komme ud til brugerne vha myspace osv.?

De nye musikere der ikke kan få en pladekontrakt, tjener ikke på at lægge deres musik gratis ud på myspace eller youtube.

Nej. Det gør de ikke.

Lidt lol. At selv en retssag ka de ikke holde leak clean.

Police Will Investigate Leaked Pirate Bay Verdict

Posted: 17 Apr 2009 10:03 AM PDT

Several hours before the verdict was read out in court, a journalist had already informed one of the defendants that they would be found guilty. The source of the leak will now be investigated upon request from Stockholm’s District Court.

“It is extremely serious,” District Court’s chief Lena Berke said in a comment. “This is a breach of confidentiality, and therefore, we intend to notify the police,” she added, noting that it hasn’t influenced the court’s ruling in any way.

Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde believes that there might have been more people who knew about the outcome beforehand. Just 10 minutes after the verdict was announced, movie industry lawyer Monique Wadsted told a Swedish newspaper that the 107 was very well written, and that it would hold up all the way to the Supreme Court. “It wouldn’t surprise me if she wrote the verdict,” Peter said.

Peter Sunde’s lawyer Peter Althin was unpleasantly surprised and said he found it totally unacceptable that a verdict could be released in advance like this. He said that he is unaware of any previous cases where this has happened before. Sunde himself was not that bothered and joked about the leak. “Really, it’s a bit LOL,” he wrote on Twitter. “It used to be only movies, now even verdicts are out before the official release.”

The Pirate Bay crew had anticipated a defeat in the case, but the jail time was unexpected. Nevertheless, Peter is still positive about the outcome of the appeal and he’s going to wrap up the tumultuous day with a party in his hometown Malmo. “I’m gonna play some techno,” he said.