Reactions to internet piracy crackdown
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Zero Paid has some background info and plenty of speculation about recent file-sharing developments in Sweden.
First came a swift about turn from Swedish police following threats at the weekend that it was planning to shut down The Pirate Bay for an alleged failure to remove child pornography from its site.
According to Zero Paid:
The decision to not include the Pirate Bay in this week’s blocklist merely reinforces the fact that the charges were dubiously propagated by people higher up the chain in a bid to smear the Pirate Bay and get it shut down for good.
Monday’s news from the Swedish Justice Ministry regarding plans for a clampdown on file sharers is described by the pro-piracy website as “the result of larger forces at work.”
