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what this verdict says is that it's holding individuals accountable for making available such a site, who's sole purpose is to distribute copyrighted material. My question is, does Sweden law hold up as legal precedence? Holding the Individuals accountable is right. Rather then the site. the site is a tool, the individuals constructed the tool and made it available to the masses for the sole purpose of distributing copyrighted material illegally.
the same can be true of tube sites. Rather the site isn't illegal but the manner in which it makes the feeds available is. and the person or persons that have made it available are committing a criminal act.
u all remember illegal cable de-scramblers? the box isn't illegal, niether is the TV u use to watch it on. However, creating the box or chip is. selling the box is.
the same with programmable football cards, remember those for satellite dishes? same thing again. You'r not a criminal for owning a dish with an unactivated card. however the criminals are the ones reprogramming the cards, since they acted with the intent of creating a tool to steal copyrighted materials.
Now here's the catch 22 i see. With this line of thinking, users would also be deamed criminals, since they used this service for the sole purpose of downloading or viewing copyrighted material ...
Ah yes the ol' napster days are back !
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