You might have heard of the sentence imposed on Pirate Bay. And that its founder has resolved not to pay a single SEK of the 30 million SEK he is saddled with.
Now there is news that he is not only not going to pay, but he is planning to make the prosecutors pay for winning their case.
His plan is simple. Danowsky's law firm, which represented the music companies is a small one, and has its account with a bank, that levies generous surcharges on transactions.
The scheme of Gottfrid Svartholm, the founder of Pirate Bay- "Because Sharing is Caring," as Blog Pirate has it- is to ask internet users around the world to pay extremely small amounts of around 1 SEK (0.13 USD).
What this will do is,
- Since the bank offers its customers just 1000 free transfers, and will levy a surchange of 2 SEK on them for every transaction above that, for each 1 SEK it gets, it loses 1 SEK.
- Danowsky's law firm is a small one that handles all transactions by hand- so you can guess how it will process 30 million banking transactions with its meagre staff.
- And then the beauty of the scheme is that in accordance with Swedish law, if you think that you paid some erraneous payment, you can ask it back. Think what it will do to the law firm.
I am doubtful about the ethics of this, but it sure is devilish.
Ingenious. But then, I think, if the motive can be proved in a court of law then on the grounds of unethical practice Pirate bay can be sued.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they are worried about that...
ReplyDeleteSeems Pirate Party could even win a seat or two...
They have MAAS!