<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GeekExtreme &#187; Legal Information</title> <atom:link href="http://www.geekextreme.com/tag/legal-information/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.geekextreme.com</link> <description>Gadgets and Gizmos&#124; Geek Lifestyle for Men &#38; Women</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:50:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Pirate Bay, Shutdown&#8230; for about 3 hours.</title><link>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/pirate-bay-shutdown-for-about-3-hours-8838</link> <comments>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/pirate-bay-shutdown-for-about-3-hours-8838#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:48:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>geekE Management</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Mobile News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Intellectual property]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Legal Information]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pirate Bay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pirates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rick Falkvinge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rickard Falkvinge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geekextreme.com/?p=8838</guid> <description><![CDATA[Swedish authorities order bandwidth suppliers to turn the lights out on The Pirate Bay or face a $70,000 fine.  Switch flipped.  DNS changed and, like a cockroach after a nuclear strike, The Pirate Bay continues doing what it does. According to TorrentFreek.com, Rick Falkvinge, leader of The Pirate Party said: “This is absolutely ridiculous. The Court [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Swedish authorities order <a class="zem_slink" title="Bandwidth (computing)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_%28computing%29" rel="wikipedia">bandwidth</a> suppliers to turn the lights out on The Pirate Bay or face a $70,000 fine.  Switch flipped.  <a class="zem_slink" title="Domain Name System" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System" rel="wikipedia">DNS</a> changed and, like a <a class="zem_slink" title="Cockroach" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach" rel="wikipedia">cockroach</a> after a <a class="zem_slink" title="Nuclear warfare" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" rel="wikipedia">nuclear strike</a>, The Pirate Bay continues doing what it does.</p><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8839" title="The pirate bay shirt to Sweedish authorities" src="http://www.geekextreme.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tpb-shirt.jpg" alt="The pirate bay shirt to Sweedish authorities" width="466" height="427" />According to <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-taken-offline-by-swedish-authorities-090824/" target="_blank">TorrentFreek.com</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="Rickard Falkvinge" href="http://rickfalkvinge.se" rel="homepage">Rick Falkvinge</a>, leader of The <a class="zem_slink" title="Pirate Party" href="http://www.piratpartiet.se/" rel="homepage">Pirate Party</a> said: “This is absolutely ridiculous. The Court seems to consider themselves above the <a class="zem_slink" title="Oregon Constitution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Constitution" rel="wikipedia">Constitution</a>,” while criticizing the effect that these <a class="zem_slink" title="Lawsuit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsuit" rel="wikipedia">civil actions</a> are having on <a class="zem_slink" title="Freedom of speech" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" rel="wikipedia">freedom of speech</a>. “This clarifies how <a class="zem_slink" title="Copyright" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright" rel="wikipedia">copyright law</a> has become untenable, and how information is lacking political skills in the judiciary,”</p><p>And so the game continues&#8230;</p><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/432b039e-11c8-472c-9fc9-bc725fe581a7/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="border: none; float: right;" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=432b039e-11c8-472c-9fc9-bc725fe581a7" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/pirate-bay-shutdown-for-about-3-hours-8838/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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