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TPB files charges against media companies

Thanks to the email-leakage from MediaDefender-Defenders we now have proof of the things we've been suspecting for a long time; the big record and movie labels are paying professional hackers, saboteurs and ddosers to destroy our trackers.

While browsing through the email we identified the companies that are also active in Sweden and we have tonight reported these incidents to the police. The charges are infrastructural sabotage, denial of service attacks, hacking and spamming, all of these on a commercial level.



The companies that are being reported are the following:

Twentieth Century Fox, Sweden AB
Emi Music Sweden AB
Universal Music Group Sweden AB
Universal Pictures Nordic AB
Paramount Home Entertainment (Sweden) AB
Atari Nordic AB
Activision Nordic Filial Till Activision (Uk) Ltd
Ubisoft Sweden AB
Sony Bmg Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic AB
Stay tuned for updates.


Discuss.

E-Mail leakage, or counterhack?

So they are suing the companies for hacking their pirated movies?

They aren't running an illegal business (for now).

So they are suing the companies for hacking their pirated movies?
Two bad don't make one good, I guess. ;)

And like Sanchek said, it's not illegal in Sweden.

Now about fighting fire with fire, besides burning yourself deeper, I wonder if it can bring any goods, in the end.

they are suing the companies for hacking their completely legal site.

Well, it IS only Sweden, after all...

:rolleyes:

Only Sweden!? But they have things like this there! It's a great place :P
http://www.wall-locker.com/images/swede.jpg

I love TPB. They have gone out of their way more than once to ensure the legality of their service. Surely these major corporations can be made to follow suit.

that picture turned me on in a number of ways :devil ;) :p :o :D :eek: :devil

Made me think of crawling into a foxhole, fer sure!;)

Made me think of crawling into a foxhole, fer sure!;)

She is a fox, and she does have a hole.....

:devil

The leak was brought about because one of the folks over at Media Defender forwarded all of their work email to a Gmail account, which was subsequently compromised.

In the US, one of the most interesting things that came out of the whole thing was that the use of honeypots by Media Defender and the big studios might very well constitute entrapment.



Silly, all the way around, most notably when stuff like this is going on:At a conference convened by the overlords of DRM, Sony vice president Scott Smyers admits that he circumvents the copy protection on DVDs (CSS) in order to make backups for personal use. Apparently Mr. Smyers doesn't agree with Hollywood or the Register of Copyrights, both of which argue that "backups" can readily be had in the form of new copies you can buy at the store. The corporate hypocrisy is obvious: what the corporate parent demands (DRM that prevents DVD copying), even its own employee disregards. We can't blame him.

update: http://torrentfreak.com/the-piratebay-details-charges-070926/

Only Sweden!? But they have things like this there! It's a great place :P



They also have this...

http://www.netmediazone.com/bc/gertjonnys.jpg

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little....

Rover...how...where...nevermind, I don't want to know.

The best of Swedish Rock Bands (http://www.omodern.com/kult/index.html)....Enjoy!

Why Did I Click!!??

Dansband, the pride of sweden!

Did Sweden never leave the 70's?
All that polyester and hair has to be a fire hazard....

They also have this...

http://www.netmediazone.com/bc/gertjonnys.jpg

What worries me most is that Rover found this photo.:eek:

Edit: after readng the other replies, I could have just said ditto to Thor's post.

Is Lordi from Sweden too or is it another Scandanavian country?

Lordi are from Finland.

Lordi are terrible.

fixed

Lordi = bad GWAR rip off

I thought they sounded more like KISS than GWAR but yes I agree they reminded me of GWAR with the costumes. I liked their pyro-technics that's about it :D