{"id":30109,"date":"2013-03-14T04:53:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T03:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/pirate-bay-case-rejected-strasbourg-240\/"},"modified":"2013-03-14T04:53:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T03:53:52","slug":"copyright-above-freedom-strasbourg-rejects-pirate-bay-founders-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/copyright-above-freedom-strasbourg-rejects-pirate-bay-founders-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright above freedom: Strasbourg rejects Pirate Bay founders’ case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Published time: March 14, 2013 03:53<\/span> <\/p>\n

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The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request to hear the case of two Pirate Bay founders, saying the Swedish court\u2019s ruling was necessary to protect intellectual property rights even though it interfered with freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Court held that sharing, or allowing others to share files of this kind on the Internet, even copyright-protected material and for profit-making purposes, was covered by the right to \u2018receive and impart information\u2019 under Article 10 (freedom of expression),\u201d<\/em> the decision reads.<\/p>\n

After a hearing last month, the Court has denied their application, arguing that the Swedish courts had already made the correct verdict.<\/p>\n

The Strasbourg court concluded that the Stockholm ruling interferes with the right to freedom of expression, but said it was a necessary measure to protect copyright. The decision reads: \u201cThe Court concluded that the interference with the right to freedom of expression of Mr Neij and Mr Sunde Kolmisoppi had been necessary in a democratic society and that their application had therefore to be rejected as manifestly ill-founded.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the co-founders of one of the world’s biggest torrent-sharing websites were charged with violation of the Copyright Act in 2008.<\/p>\n

In April 2009, the two defendants were found to be guilty of “assisting in making copyright content available”<\/em> by the judge. The businessman were sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and fined 3.3 million euros after Stockholm district court heard numerous Hollywood production studios claims of copyright infringement. A year later, their sentence was reduced but their fine increased.<\/p>\n

In June 2012, Neij and Sunde appealed to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that their freedom of expression had been violated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Published time: March 14, 2013 03:53<\/span> <\/p>\n

\"Two<\/div>\n

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request to hear the case of two Pirate Bay founders, saying the Swedish court’s ruling was necessary to protect intellectual property rights even though it interfered with freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

“The Court held that sharing, or allowing others to share files of this kind on the Internet, even copyright-protected material and for profit-making purposes, was covered by the right to ‘receive and impart information’ under Article 10 (freedom of expression),”<\/em> the decision reads.<\/p>\n

After a hearing last month, the Court has denied their application, arguing that the Swedish courts had already made the correct verdict.<\/p>\n

The Strasbourg court concluded that the Stockholm ruling interferes with the right to freedom of expression, but said it was a necessary measure to protect copyright. The decision reads: “The Court concluded that the interference with the right to freedom of expression of Mr Neij and Mr Sunde Kolmisoppi had been necessary in a democratic society and that their application had therefore to be rejected as manifestly ill-founded.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the co-founders of one of the world’s biggest torrent-sharing websites were charged with violation of the Copyright Act in 2008.<\/p>\n

In April 2009, the two defendants were found to be guilty of “assisting in making copyright content available”<\/em> by the judge. The businessman were sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and fined 3.3 million euros after Stockholm district court heard numerous Hollywood production studios claims of copyright infringement.  A year later, their sentence was reduced but their fine increased.<\/p>\n

In June 2012, Neij and Sunde appealed to the European Court of Human Rights arguing that their freedom of expression had been violated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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