UK : A Haven for Pirates?

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Sneaklemming

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I just heard on the news that a music pirating website was cleared of fraud in court. Meaning it has set precedent. Law being as it is in the UK, that's a pretty big deal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8461879.stm

Apparently the guy just smiled when the jury announced he wasn't guilty. I'll bet alot of other pirates in the UK will be doing the same.

What do you think? Will more pirate websites spring up in the UK from this?
 
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AndyFromMonday

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As long as the one hosting the site is not uploading anything on that site that is deemed illegal then he's innocent. It's the ones uploading that should be punished.
 
Earthmonger

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All I can say is, it's about f'ing time OiNK got cleared of those ridiculous charges. I hope he's celebrating.
 
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Sneaklemming said:
What do you think? Will more pirate websites spring up in the UK from this?
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No. It's already known that if you want to set up a pirate site, you get a server in the far east or Russia. There, as long as you pay your bandwidth fees, nobody cares what it is you're doing and the exchange rates make it pretty cheap to do. More importantly European agencies can't lay a finger on it.

It's most likely not going to change anything except how zealous the police and recording industry are about going after these people.
 
Daystar Clarion

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Nah, they'll probably just fix the laws or something.
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Speaking as a 2 Year Law student.
That'll take a while...
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I agree... I'm a third year law student... English law is stupidly slow, although they did just do that criminal case without a jury for the first time in 350 years.
 
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im glad. The website didnt actually host any of the files, it was created with the intention of letting people share files. Those who uploaded the pirated material should be punished, not the website runner.
 
Sneaklemming

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fix-the-spade said:
Sneaklemming said:
What do you think? Will more pirate websites spring up in the UK from this?
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No. It's already known that if you want to set up a pirate site, you get a server in the far east or Russia. There, as long as you pay your bandwidth fees, nobody cares what it is you're doing and the exchange rates make it pretty cheap to do. More importantly European agencies can't lay a finger on it.

It's most likely not going to change anything except how zealous the police and recording industry are about going after these people.
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I guess though, that it's now not illegal to make website like Oink, in the UK.
 
Daystar Clarion

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SikOseph said:
Daystar Clarion said:
English law is stupidly slow, although they did just do that criminal case without a jury for the first time in 350 years.
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What case? Citation?
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It's still ongoing, but here's the news report on it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8453318.stm
 
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i imagine the courts have better things to be doing considering how long trails take anyway
 
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slopeslider

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Maybe next they'll go after that evil pirating site youtube.com, which hosts on it's servers millions of copyrighted files.
 
Jiggabyte

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Of course, we're surrounded by sea.
I've lost faith in the abilities of the law. This is yet another weird loopholing case that makes me wish the system was easier to understand.
 
Indecizion

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ARGGHHHHHH YARRRRR THAR BE PIRATES HERE rofl but yeah i doubt its a haven any more than aus or the US
 
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