Peter Sunde

You sure talk a lot about how he was putting malware into people's computer through ads, when he himself said he's glad TPB is gone mostly because of how horrible its ads were[1]. You have a point (to the extent that it can be a point - it's just not really worth talking about anymore): downloading entertainment is not a human right. You make a very poor case of arguing that point. But I don't think anyone really argues that "downloading movies" is a human right (and those that do are full of it). The problem is very much in reverse. The problem is the lengths that Hollywood and music studios will go to PREVENT people from doing those things. And the only defense is that those things are "morally dubious", and yet a lot of people do it. Hell, it's common knowledge that Spotify did it to get their business started. So you're arguing the wrong problem. Now you tell me, is it a "right" for those companies to go above and beyond everything to prosecute and intimidate people who want entertainment they provide but are not willing to pay for it? Keeping in mind that: - Said people are not directly costing the companies anything - It's impossible to know whether said people would have paid for the content otherwise - It's impossible to know whether said people would have even known about the content were it not for illegally acquiring it The following is my subjective opinion: You are a fool if you're angry about piracy on your pet project. You should be glad people go out…

They will according to the comment section[1] "We’ll release the usable parts of the code as free software with the most free license we can. It belongs to the community (and the community paid for it)." [1] http://blog.brokep.com/2015/04/22/update-on-heml-is/#comment-1957

I think that it is important to emphasize is that the reason why they want to see it dead is because they want the community to build something new and better instead of relying on an over 10 year old service. They want to see some innovation. Further reading (by Peter Sunde himself): [1] http://blog.brokep.com/2014/12/09/the-pirate-bay-down-forever/ [2] http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/11/peter-sunde

http://blog.brokep.com/2014/12/09/the-pirate-bay-down-forever/ I guess the golden calf is back.

given http://blog.brokep.com/2014/12/09/the-pirate-bay-down-forever/ I doubt he's the one who put up all the porn/malware ads

Here's a statement from Peter Sunde: http://blog.brokep.com/2014/12/09/the-pirate-bay-down-forever/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8726110

I agree that I think the Pirate Bay case has been handled badly.* However, the Assange case (sexual harrasment) is totally unrelated to Wikileaks. For someone living in Sweden the idea that a woman affiliated with LO (Workers Union) would go the errands of the US government trying to get Assange convicted for sexual harassment is unbelievable. * http://blog.brokep.com/2012/07/04/nadeansokan/

The original post in Swedish can be found here: http://blog.brokep.com/2012/07/04/nadeansokan/

"From having the minister of justice pressured by the US to illegally make a case of TPB, through the police officer responsible for the investigation (Jim Keyzer) “just happened” to get a job at Warner Brothers the weeks before I myself got promoted from a witness to a suspect, to the judges in the court cases being either board members, or in one case the actual chairman of the board, for the swedish pro-copyright society…" http://blog.brokep.com/2012/02/01/maintain-hardline-kopimi/

How about this one, demanding compensation from being blocked in Denmark and using that to start a grant for danish artists. http://blog.brokep.com/2008/04/14/maybe-a-grant/ Hey brokep: How about doing something similar with the cash from all the porn ads? I also find it unreassuring to see he isn't interested in proposed flat-rate compensation schemes: http://blog.brokep.com/2007/12/06/the-problems-with-a-flatrate-system/ Maybe he thinks artists should only be compensated for live shows. Those who can't should probably tend bar or something.

Well, perhaps not the official, official, response, but I like that they decided to focus on the positive and downplay the negative. There's this, which is the blog of one of the indicted TPB founders, that sums up all the inappropriate things that have happened to them recently. http://blog.brokep.com/2008/01/21/punching-bags/