14 DAY TRIAL // After Swedish prosecutors won the battle against the founders of The Pirate Bay, sentencing them to prison and forcing them to pay million dollar fines, they now believe that a further appeal at the Supreme Court is unnecessary.
According to TorrentFreak, one of the co-founders, Peter Sunde, reveals that they don't want to give up just yet as it is their belief that the Supreme Court can do them justice.
Sweden's Prosecutor General submitted an assessment in which he shares his opinion that so far the case was examined in detail and that the criminal copyright infringement the suspects were found guilty of cannot be disputed.
“This is boring.The Court of Appeal was very clear that there is no legal guidance available when it comes to the responsibilities of Internet service providers. And there are also several other issues that are of interest” said Jonas Nilsson, lawyer for Fredrik Neij, one of the accused.
“I do not think the Supreme Court should miss the opportunity to try these interesting questions. This is a very passive attitude of the Prosecutor, they would like to get these issues clarified, and now they have a chance.”
While prosecutors believe that the Supreme Court is not the best place to further debate such a complex case, Peter Sunde is confident of the exact opposite.
“It is interesting things that should be tested in the Supreme Court, but the TPB case is so complex it should not be tested there? In other cases exactly the same arguments are used but to state the opposite,” he reveals.
“It’s because the case is so complex that the Supreme Court should test it. The guy seems to be a bit confusing to himself. In the end, one must remember that he’s our opponent and also employed to beat us, and of course he wants less work to do.”