TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard Page #4

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I've argued that the yearly

profit is at least $170,000.

And that's the minimum.

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg stated-

-that the price for an ad on TPB

was $500 per week.

The report from

the Forensic Laboratory-

-states that

at the time of the raid-

- there were 64 unique ads.

A rough estimate...

$500 times 64-

- gives us $34 000 per week.

That amount times 52 weeks,

i.e. weeks per year-

-makes a yearly

revenue of $ 1700 000.

Thus The Pirate Bay isn't idealistic.

It's pure commercial business.

Here we go. 4 times 52.

$110 000. That's a massive sum.

We never got that kind of money back then.

If you calculate with the right

number of ads - 4 instead of 64-

-you get a much more

realistic figure.

But he has miscalculated

so many things.

Did Roswall mean 64 different ads,

or 4 ads times a bunch of pages?

-Yes.

-What the hell! Is he insane?

He's right behind you.

We're thinking of doing a

Bambuser press conference.

Hell no!! No! No!

They keep calling us organized.

They don't understand

what a joke that is.

It's disorganized crime.

You mean for all of you? I think

you are going to get convicted.

Take a picture of Monique.

It's her copyright.

-I'm leaving.

-Bye bye.

Do you need a hand?

This is the only help

you'll ever get from me.

-That's so kind.

-I am kind.

And I still have my soul, too.

Here's Fredrik,

let's get out of here.

Let's calculate

how much money we have earned.

Let's start with

an exponential function.

-You can add times 64.

-Right.

And for N we choose

a random number.

Between 10 and 5 200.

Do you write code in Swedish?

Now take the square root

to see what Monique's soul costs.

The answer?

Do it mathematically correct.

Come on, not Pi.

He's mad.

Go check that it's correct.

Okay. I'll give you some cred.

It's in my muscle memory. I can't

remember it writing with a pen.

I have to emulate a keyboard.

So what are you doing

at 11.00 on the 17th of April?

Queuing outside the court?

-11 am means 5 pm local time.

-I was thinking the same thing.

Gottfrid, can you sit over here?

I'm not taking part in any f***ing

press conference. I'm sick of it!

-It's in English.

-I'm so f***ing tired of cameras.

-And f***ing bullshit!

-Sit here anyway. It's the last time.

Nein.

Hi everybody.

I'm here and together with me

I have some of the guys from TPB.

Take your time and ask

some questions to the guys-

-and see what they have to say.

-I didn't know we were that boring.

-You are that boring.

Because you're not part of this.

Film him!

Anakata!

Today the court will decide if

the men behind the Pirate Bay-

-are guilty of

copyright infringement.

Follow the verdict live on svt.se

from 11.00.

No, but... Sure, but don't worry.

Because I'm not worried myself.

But I'll talk to you later. Bye.

Dad was more nervous than I am.

The verdict is in for the Pirate

Bay trial. It's 11 o'clock.

All four defendants are sentenced

to one year in prison.

The offense is called "assisting

copyright infringement".

- So one year imprisonment...

-This is so insane!

This must be a joke.

Take it easy, mom.

Nothing will happen.

This is going to take 5 years.

Take it easy.

The District Court is ruled by

politicians. We call it the Dice Court.

Just stay calm.

But I can't talk right now. I have

to watch the press conference.

Okay. Take care.

The District Court has announced

the verdict in the Pirate Bay trial.

We have estimated the damages

to approximately $4,5 million.

F*** you. He's going to get

a good job in Hollywood after this.

This is so insane!

The hottest set up ever.

I don't have time right now,

I have to decline.

No, I'm the only one in Sweden. The

others are in the desert or the jungle.

No, they are not going

to send us to jail whatsoever.

The way it works in Sweden

is that they can't...

...do anything about the case

before we can't appeal anymore.

-What are we going to call this?

-LOL?

For the lulz.

If this was a movie

this is where the heroes-

-encounter their first problem.

Karate Kid got bullied in the

beginning and got beaten up.

And we've just been beaten up.

Thanks, Hollywood, for teaching

us that the good guys win in the end.

In total they wanted around

And they got 30 million.

But they could have gotten 1 billion,

it doesn't matter because...

We can't pay and we wouldn't pay.

This verdict makes me upset

to the bone.

There is no chance in hell

this verdict will hold in an appeal.

I will cross the creek, the stream

and the Atlantic for a redress.

It means a lot

to have taken a stand.

It's important to re-establish Sweden

as a state governed by law.

The judge in the Pirate Bay trial

is accused of bias.

People are demanding a retrial.

Last night I learned about

the news that blew up today.

The judge in the Pirate Bay trial-

-is a member of organizations that

are working with copyright issues.

Organizations that the attorneys

from the plaintiff's are part of.

I was horrified and shocked

to learn about this.

-Why didn't you inform the court?

-Good question. I didn't.

Yes, I know how he thought.

"My friends will be happy

if I rule in their favor."

It's ridiculous. I didn't think

the legal system was that bad.

-Was it a correct decision?

-That's for others to decide.

It's Tomas, the judge.

He's the judge in the District Court.

He's a member of the

Swedish Association for Copyright.

That's the whole point.

He sits in the board for the Swedish

Association for Industrial Rights.

These two organizations

have a common publication, NIR.

And all the lawyers

that assist the prosecution:

Peter Danowsky, Henrik Pontn

and Monique Wadsted.

They're all members

of the same organization.

So he looks very mixed up

in these people's world.

From a graphical point of view

it's very obvious.

I can't say if he was biased-

-but just the fact that he

withheld this information-

-makes him unsuitable

as a judge in this case.

The verdict is questionable, since he

might be perceived as being biased.

-Here's my pirate copy.

-I have a parasite.

-Is this you? Fredrik?

-Yes.

-What's your job?

- IT. Internet.

Because of our tradition

and the regulations of the village-

-you have to pay for the engagement.

How much would you like

to pay for the engagement?

$6,000?

If you leave her you have to pay

the bride dowry times two.

That means $12,000. Agreed?

Please write your name and sign it.

Do you like it? Good.

-Yummy! Yummy!

-Hello!

If it didn't cost me $12,000

I would divorce you.

It's always this way with the

Pirate Bay. Chaos and cheating.

Last Monday a verdict came

from the Stockholm District court-

-where Judge Norstrm is chairman.

Black Internet, the ISP

for Pirate Bay's ISP must quit-

-and if they continue to

give access to the Pirate Bay-

-they will be fined $75 000 per day.

Then all hell broke loose.

So they're trying legal tricks

and we're trying technical tricks.

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