IFPI demands $2.5 million from The Pirate Bay in the upcoming court case. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry claims that 24 music albums didn't generate the expected revenue because the popular BitTorrent tracker made those available to us... The compensation claim was made on monday in a Swedish court, where the torrent-tracking site's developers have been indicted for copyright violations.
"This damages now being demanded are based on the albums which the prosecutor has included in his indictment. The injury to the record companies, the artists and the copyright holders caused by The Pirate Bay's illegal activity is many times greater," said Lars Gustafsson, head of the Swedish chapter of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry to The Local.
In a reaction Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg said that the record companies could go screw themselves. Earlier this year Hakan Roswall, a public prosecutor, said he would charge the Swedish site's organizers with accessory and conspiracy to break copyright law... If this happens, Gottfird is looking at a fine or two years prison time.
So what do you think? Jail, a huge fine or a fairytale ending?
