Teenager loses file sharing appeal
A teenage boy has become what is thought to be the youngest person in Sweden to be convicted of copyright violation, after his school handed him over ...
15 year-old faces filesharing rap
A 15 year-old boy has become the youngest Swede ever to be charged with violating copyright laws after uploading 24 films onto internet filesharing si...
First anti-piracy case enforced under new laws
The effects of April’s landmark new copyright laws in Sweden are beginning to emerge, as the first case related to copyright infringement has been hea...
Court decides no retrial for Pirate Bay Four
The Swedish Court of Appeals has ruled that there will be no retrial in the case of the Pirate Bay file-sharing website. Claims were made that one of ...
Pirate Bay could be heading for a retrial
New details have emerged concerning the presiding judge in the Pirate Bay trial, Tomas Norstrom. It appears that Norstrom had conflicts of interest in...
Swedish Pirates to run in EU elections
In a fascinating challenge to the establishment, the Swedish Pirate Party will be fielding 20 candidates in this summer’s European elections. The cont...
Norway drops its beef with iTunes
Now that Apple has changed its tune and allowed the songs sold through its popular iTunes Shop to be compatible with any MP3 player, a Norwegian consu...
Sweden’s online pirates get state funding
The Pirate Party, the youth branch of Sweden’s file-sharing and copyright reform advocacy group, has been given over a million kroner in state funding...