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February 14, 2012
Filesharing
The following articles have been tagged with "Filesharing":
Dutch court orders ISPs to block Pirate Bay
Business & Money: 12 Jan 12
Access to Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay was ordered blocked on Wednesday for clients of two internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands following a ruling by a Dutch court citing copyright concerns.
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'500,000 Swedes' risk jail time for filesharing
Business & Money: 30 Dec 11
Up to half a million Swedes who have illegally downloaded as few as ten movies could be be charged with crimes punishable by time in prison, according to precedents set by prosecutors in recent filesharing cases.
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Sweden's 'youngest' file sharer, 16, found guilty
Science & Technology: 21 Dec 11
A now 16-year-old boy who had been turned in by his school for downloading films was convicted of violating Sweden's copyright laws by an appeals court on Wednesday, overturning a lower court's acquittal.
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Pirated movies traced to Swedish film body
Science & Technology: 8 Sep 11
The Swedish Film Institute (SFI) is facing file sharing allegations after an anti-piracy company traced films that had appeared on filesharing site The Pirate Bay to an IP address at the Institute.
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Swedish 60-year-old convicted of filesharing
National: 1 Sep 11
An Uppsala resident has been convicted of file sharing after having downloaded 2,880 songs from the internet, according to reports in Swedish media.
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15-year-old Swede beats filesharing charges
Society: 30 Aug 11
A 15-year-old boy who had been reported to police by his school for violating Sweden's copyright laws was acquitted by a court in Gothenburg on Tuesday in what a prosecutor called an “absurd” ruling.
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Pirate Bay founders start 'legal' filesharing site
Business & Money: 30 Aug 11
Two founders of filesharing website The Pirate Bay have launched a new online platform that they say respects the rights of copyright holders.
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15-year-old Swede faces filesharing charges
Science & Technology: 24 Aug 11
A 15-year-old Swedish boy who distributed 24 films, including Rush Hour, The Social Network, and True Grit, on internet filesharing sites, is one of the youngest Swedes ever to be charged with violating Swedish copyright laws.
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Filesharing no act of worship: agency
Society: 7 Jul 11
Copying, remixing and spreading information cannot be considered an act of worship, even if participants fall into a meditative trance during the act, ruled Swedish authorities, thus rejecting The Missionary Church of Kopimism as a religious faith.
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Arrest prompts Swedish filesharing site to close
Science & Technology: 2 Mar 11
A well-known Swedish filesharing site has been shuttered following the arrest of a man who has since confessed to uploading more than 1,000 films to the network affiliated with the site.
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Party leaders, not issues, will determine election
Analysis & Opinion: 19 Aug 10
Elections in Sweden tend to be decided over issues rather than candidates, but with the upcoming September 19th vote for the first time pitting two blocs against each other, personal politics are playing an unprecedented role, writes AFP's Rita Devlin Marier.
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WikiLeaks not shielded by Swedish law: experts
National: 7 Aug 10
Swedish legal experts have revealed that the website WikiLeaks may not be covered by Swedish whistleblower protection laws despite having its servers located just outside Stockholm.
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Bildt: No US-Sweden talks over WikiLeaks
Politics: 6 Aug 10
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has denied that the US government has approached Sweden in connection with the website WikiLeaks amid reports that many of the Afghan War Diary documents pass through a Swedish web-host.
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Pirate Bay co-founder banned from running site
Business & Money: 26 Jul 10
One of the co-founders of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, has been banned by Stockholm district court from continuing to run the filesharing site.
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Dutch court clamps down on Pirate Bay
Science & Technology: 23 Oct 09
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay to remove links to material owned by members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group.
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Pirate Bay cites Churchill in online comeback
Business & Money: 26 Aug 09
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's most popular filesharing websites, was back online on Tuesday hours after being shut down following a Swedish court order.
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Swedish IT company to buy Pirate Bay
Science & Technology: 30 Jun 09
The Pirate Bay is set to be purchased for 60 million kronor ($7.8 million) by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF), a company specializing in internet café management software, the company announced on Tuesday.
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Sweden's political pirates signal internet's election power
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jun 09
If tech-savvy campaigning helped power Barack Obama to the White House, the election of Sweden's Pirate Party in Europe signals that internet and related privacy issues are political drivers for young voters, writes AFP's Marc Preel
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Swedish Pirate Party headed for Brussels
Politics: 7 Jun 09
Sweden's pro-file sharing Pirate Party is on its way to Brussels having secured more than 7 percent of the country's votes in the European Parliament elections, according to early exit polls.
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Swedish pirates have wind in their sails for EU vote
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week.
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Pirates maintain course for EU parliament
Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda.
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Swedish press: file sharing still ahead of the law
National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was.
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The Pirate Bay verdict: the reactions
Science & Technology: 17 Apr 09
The jail sentences for founders of The Pirate Bay have been welcomed by the entertainment industry, but some experts question what difference it will make.
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Sweden one step closer to anti-filesharing law
Science & Technology: 23 Oct 08
Sweden’s Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has indicated it has no significant reservations over a law which would make it easier to hunt illegal file shares over the internet.
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Swedish firms slam UK filesharing measure
Science & Technology: 25 Jul 08
Some of Sweden's largest internet service providers have made it clear that they would not support an agreement to combat file sharing similar to one recently reached in the UK.
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The Pirate Bay gives 'diploma' to King
Science & Technology: 12 Mar 07
The Pirate Bay, Sweden's self-promoting internet piracy site, has announced plans to give a diploma to Kind Carl XVI Gustaf "since we're proud of being Swedish." They have also requested an audience with Princess Madeleine.
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Justice minister was hackers' target
National: 6 Jun 06
As police search for hackers who allegedly disabled police and government websites at the weekend, it has emerged that web users were being redirected to Thomas Bodström's picture on the Swedish government's site.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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