14 DAY TRIAL // Sometimes, law enforcers do anything in their powers and even use illegal methods to prove the crooks' activity. Of course, if the accused ones are proved to be innocent, then the law enforcers might get sued. Pirate Bay, the file sharing service is in such a case - they plan to sue companies, that earlier accused them of conducting illegal activities, as seen on WebUser. Thing is the "Pirates" are suing companies because they say they've been attacked by them with DoS.
Last week there was a story about MediaDefender's e-mails leaking all over the Web. The company is trying to fight piracy, but it seems that they were using malware to enforce DRM. As the same source informs, the Pirate Bay said: "While browsing through the email we identified the companies that are also active in Sweden and we have tonight reported these incidents to the police. The charges are infrastructural sabotage, denial of service attacks, hacking and spamming - all on a commercial level".
It's a well known fact that file sharing services are often used to distribute copyrighted material, but it is illegal to launch a cyber-assault against the people that created the software, for the way people use their program. The Pirate Bay (which is a bittorent tracker) also said in a statement that thanks to the hackers that exposed the e-mail content on the web, they now have proof that companies have hired hackers to destroy their trackers.
Just like any organization that walks the fine line between legal and illegal, the Pirate Bay cannot be taken down, unless the ones that are after it come up with serious proof that they're criminals. Accusations that are not supported by clear proof will lead to costing processes. Also, they're trying to move to Sealand, as rumors have it, so even if it can be proved that they're criminals, a copyright-law-free country will give them all the protection they need.