Obviously, the TPB lawyers kind of disagree with that one, and are advocating a retrial. Norström, unsurprisingy, insists there’s no conflict of interest here. Norström also sits on the board of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property, a group which advocates stronger copyright laws. There’s more, though, in case the above doesn’t ring any of your corruption alarm bells (you know, you should have those as a good citizen). And who are also members of this group? Henrik Pontén, Peter Danowsky and Monique Wadsted, who all three represented the entertainment industry in the case against the Pirate Bay. Sveriges Radio’s P3 news programme has found out that judge Thomas Norström is a member of the Swedish Copyright Association. Well, as it turns out, we now know why we were all relatively surprised: the judge in the case, Thomas Norstrom, is member of the same pro-copyright groups as many of the people representing the entertainment industry in the case. The height of the sentence also surprised many for aiding in sharing just 33 copyrighted items, the four founders were sentenced to one year in jail, and a massive fine of 3.6 million USD. The verdict in the Pirate Bay trial surprised many people, seeing as how many errors the entertainment industry’s lawyers had made, and how little understanding they seemed to have of how BitTorrent works.
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