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Spectrial, day 9

Today, it was time for the defendants to call up some witnesses. Kristoffer Schollin, specialist in IT law who did a thesis on DRM, and Roger Wallis, professor at KTH Computer Science Department. It seems to me these last days of the trial have ventured away from the actual charges, …

Spectrial, day 8

Due to a very busy day I didn’t have the time to fully cover today’s episode of the #Spectrial. For excellent coverage of the events, I happily refer to Torrentfreak. Just some side remarks and thoughts on today’s events behind the cut. I’ll get back to you tomorrow! :)

Spectrial, day 7

The trial against the Pirate Bay kicked off again (see brokep’s Twitter) at 13:00 today. You can find a convenient schedule of the hearings coming up at QbatHQ. The next three days will consist of so called witness hearings (am I the only one thinking witness sounds a bit off …

Spectrial, day 5

Today Peter Sunde (brokep) and Carl Lundström were questioned by the prosecutors. In summary, Peter Sunde did a really good job at choosing what and what not to answer. It’s appalling to see how many questions were unrelated to the (remaining) charges in the trial, and how many of these …

Spectrial, day 4

Of all days in the The Pirate Bay trial, this one was the most difficult to cover. Several of the prosecutors got to talk to TiAMO (Fredrik Neij) and Anakata (Gottfrid Svartholm Warg). A lot of questions and responses were out there, the Twitter feeds translated them live at a …

Spectrial, day 3

Waking up and reading the Spectrial has called it a wrap for the day.  As expected, the prosecutor referred to the dropping of 50% of the charges as a ‘small change’. The defendants did not agree, of course. Swedish newspaper Metro headlined “Fiasco for Prosecutors”. A lot of industry representatives …

Spectrial, day 2

The Pirate Bay Trial in Stockholm, Sweden takes a nice flight on the second day of the court hearings. Håkan Roswall, the rather clumsy and quite un-tech-savvy prosecutor brought on some evidence which didn’t prove that the .torrent files (which are appearantly demonstrated using screenshots) actually use TPB trackers. This …

Spectrial

Today, the trial against torrent-site ThePirateBay started in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s very interesting to see how they manage to globalize this trial. A Pirate Bay Bus is standing outside the courthouse with people (video)blogging. Twitter feeds (tag: #spectrial, that’s spectacle and trial) from in and outside the court get translated …