Judge may have screwed up Pirate Bay case

TheEnforcer · 04-23-2009

Sheesh... nothing like a judge possibly fubaring a case due to conflict of interest. If you want the full article you gotta subscribe.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124048661845147573.html

STOCKHOLM -- A defense lawyer in the Pirate Bay file-sharing case said Thursday he will demand a retrial after the judge admitted he was a member of copyright-protection organizations.

A Stockholm court last week convicted four men behind the Web site of helping others commit copyright violations and gave them one-year prison sentences.

They also were ordered to pay damages of 30 million kronor ($3.6 million) to entertainment companies, including ...

RyuLion · 04-23-2009

oh man, I bet he feels embarrested..

Forest · 04-23-2009

i smell a reversal in the wind

JFK · 04-23-2009

wtf is the matter with the judge, couldnt he see that he was in possible conflict ?

12ClicksMichele · 04-23-2009

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Originally Posted by JFK

wtf is the matter with the judge, couldnt he see that he was in possible conflict ?

Probably realized it was a conflict but was dumb enough to think it wouldn't somehow come out. I don't know how different the rules of discovery are in Sweden.

TheEnforcer · 04-23-2009

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Originally Posted by 12ClicksMichele

Probably realized it was a conflict but was dumb enough to think it wouldn't somehow come out. I don't know how different the rules of discovery are in Sweden.

Exactly. REALLY fucking stupid. But sadly it happens quite often even here in the states.

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