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Swedish Anti-piracy Bust Nets Server with 10,000 Movies

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 10:44am.
Stockholm, Sweden - A 33-year-old Swedish man was arrested and charged with copyright infringement, after a raid on his residence found a server housing 10,000 movies, or 88 terabytes of data, TorrentFreak reported. The raid was carried out based on a tip from Swedish anti-piracy agency Antipiratbyran. The man reportedly told authorities he believed there were only games residing on the server.

tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | P2P | Movies | Sweden | Copyright | Antipiratbyran |

Sweden Sees Web Traffic Drop in Wake of Anti-Piracy Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 2, 2009 - 11:37am.
Los Angeles - A day after the country enacted a new anti-piracy law, Internet traffic fell as much as 30% in Sweden, home to the file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, according to published reports. The IPRED law will enable copyright holders to ask courts to compel ISPs to identify suspected illicit file-swappers. Netnod, a firm that monitors Internet traffic in Sweden, reported the 30% drop in overall Web traffic in the country.
tags: Law | Policy | P2P | Sweden | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | Netnod | IPRED | Antipiratbyran |