Pirate Bay Founder Responds to Lawsuit That Shut Site
The Italian Music Industry Federation (FIMI) objected to claims that Peter Sunde, founder of bit torrent Web site The Pirate Bay, made in a recent interview with PC World Italy. FIMI had the site blocked by a court; a move Sunde called "insane." He also praised the subsequent revocation of the blockade as "a severe blow" to FIMI, a trade group for Italian music labels.
Enzo Mazza, president of FIMI, told PC World Italy: "The interview to one of Pirate Bay partners contains some inaccuracies, which have to be questioned. The sentence of the Italian Review Court did not inflict a hard blow to FIMI; quite the opposite. As a matter of fact, the judge confirmed that the Swedish site provides ground for offense against the Italian copyright laws. While rejecting the order of preventive seizure -- by not inhibiting access to The Pirate Bay anymore -- the judge also confirmed its violation of copyright rules. The Rewiew Court states that 'it is quite clear that the subjects under investigation, through the website The Pirate Bay, are at least making public intellectual works protected by copyright.'"
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