San Francisco (CA) – The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a lawsuit against The Pirate Bay over alleged copyright infringement.
“We have filed a complaint against The Pirate Bay because they have not stopped their activities after they were sentenced to prison,” MPAA lawyer Monique Wadsted told AFP.
Unsurprisingly, Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde responded to the latest lawsuit with marked indifference.
“I’m on vacation, sleeping a lot and eating great vegan food,” Sunde explained to the BBC. “The latest threats are just harassments from the industry of course. We’ve actually asked the courts to punish them with a high fine for the faulty threats.”
Various copyright holders have attempted – with little success – to prevent Pirate Bay from continuing its file sharing activies. Indeed, Petere Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Carl Lundstroem were recently sentenced to jail and fined after a Swedish court ruled in favor of the Hollywood corporations.
However, Pirate Bay has appealed the decision. According to Sunde, the website provides links to various items, but does not host copyrighted material on its servers.
It should be noted that Pirate Bay has sold its assets to the Global Gaming Factory, which plans to eventually offer legal downloads of copyrighted material.
