Every bit of research and reading that I'm doing at the moment is making this project much more difficult. I keep finding documents arguing for and/or defending file-sharing and company Pirate Bay.
First I looked at Pirate Bay's website and found a link to e-mails they had received and sent back from various compaines threatening to take legal action if they did not pass on information etc. 1
Then I discovered Pirate Bay is actually owned by Reservella. 2
So the guys who were held responsible at the court hearing are not liable to any sanctions or suits. 3
The consequences of Pirate Bay operating has been a year-long jail sentence and a fine of $3.6 million. It has also seen the company shut down on many occasions and as recently as Monday 12th October 2009. 4
As you can see i'm finding a lot more information about the persons who are providing the facility to download illegally and not the person who is doing the downloading. I have to steer myself away from that now, as interesting as it is to me and focus more on the public who downloads...
Other useful links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
http://torrentfreak.com
http://www.zeropaid.com
http://www.afterdawn.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/file-sharing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/aug/26/filesharing-pirate-party-uk-downloads
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/08/winny-file-sharing-court-result
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