Swedish prosecutor indicts Pirate Bay file sharing site

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

STOCKHOLM (AFP) — A Swedish prosecutor filed charges on Thursday against four people suspected of running one of the world's most popular websites for illegal downloading of films, music and computer games.

Hans Fredrik Neij, Per Svartholm Warg, Peter Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstroem, are suspected of organising and running The Pirate Bay, and thus "promoting other people's infringements of copyright laws," according to charges filed by senior public prosecutor Haakan Roswall.

The charges related to 20 music files, including the Cardigans' record "Don't blame your daughter" and The Beatles' "Let It Be"; nine film files, including "Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire" and the Johnny Cash biography "Walk The Line"; and four computer game files, including "World of...

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