Peter Sunde

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Peter Sunde (2009)

Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (alias brokep ; born September 13, 1978 in Uddevalla ) is an entrepreneur , software developer and IT expert. He has Norwegian and Swedish roots. He is known for his work as the co-founder and former spokesman for The Pirate Bay and as the founder of Flattr .

Life

Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi was born on September 13, 1978 in Uddevalla as the second child of a travel mechanic and a personnel consultant. His older brother is the writer Mats Kolmisoppi . When Sunde was between eight and nine years old, his parents divorced and he moved to Bergen , Norway with his brother and mother . Sunde began programming and copying video games and computer programs at this time .

In 2003 he became a member of the Swedish Piratbyrån , and a few months later Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm founded The Pirate Bay , with Sunde becoming press spokesman. He remained the spokesman for The Pirate Bay until the end of 2009. In August 2011, Sunde and Fredrik Neij founded the file sharing site Bayfiles , which aims at legal sharing . Sunde speaks Swedish, Norwegian, English, Finnish and German.

In the 2014 European elections , Sunde stood for the Pirate Party of Finland .

Trial of members of The Pirate Bay

On January 31, 2008, the operators of The Pirate Bay - Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström - were charged with aiding and abetting copyright infringement. The Pirate Bay trial began on February 16, 2009. On April 17, 2009, Sunde and co-defendants were found guilty of "helping to make copyright material available." Each defendant was sentenced to one year in prison and was sentenced to 30 million Swedish kronor in damages (about 2,700,000 euros or 3,600,000 US dollars ), divided among all defendants. A press conference was held following the verdict, at which Sunde held up a handwritten promissory note , stating that this was the full amount of damages he will pay. He also said:

“Even if I had any money I would rather burn everything I own and not even give them the ashes. They could have the job of picking them up. That's how much I hate the media industry. "

“Even if I had any money, I'd rather burn everything I have and not even give them the ashes. You might be given the task of picking them up. That's how much I hate the media industry. "

The defense attorneys ruled at the Svea Hovrätt Court of Appeal to retrial the proceedings before the Regional Court on the suspicion of bias of Judge Tomas Norström, who, without announcing this before the trial, was active in two associations that were concerned with the protection and development of copyright law endeavor. Under Swedish law, judgments do not take effect until all appeals have been resolved. In an appeal in 2010, the sentences were reduced, so Sunde was sentenced to eight months in prison, but the total compensation payment was set at 46 million Swedish kronor (about 5.2 million euros). At the beginning of 2012, another appeal was rejected by the Högsta domstolen Supreme Court , making the judgment final.

In May 2012, Sunde sent the Swedish government a pardon , referring to his health and the business affairs of his company Flattr. In June 2012, Sunde and Fredrik Neij filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , which ruled on February 19, 2013 to reject the complaint as inadmissible. In May 2014, Sweden's Supreme Court upheld the verdict against him.

On May 31, 2014, Sunde was arrested in Oxie near Malmö . Sunde was then imprisoned in Västervik Norra prison . Sunde was released on November 10, 2014.

Parts of an interview with Sunde, in which he talks about copyright, the internet and culture , can be found in the documentary Steal This Film .

Flattr

Flattr buttons

Flattr is a social payment service that was founded by Peter Sunde and Linus Olsson. It allows users to donate small amounts of money by clicking a "Flattr button" on websites. At the time the service was announced in February 2010, Sunde stated that the monthly deposited money would be distributed evenly between the buttons clicked during the month. He also said: "We want to get people to share money as well as content". In October 2010 he announced his resignation from Flattr's board of directors, where he continues to work for Flattr.

Hemlis

Hemlis (colloquially Swedish for secret ) was the idea of ​​an end-to-end encrypted private message service that Sunde published together with Leif Högberg and Linus Olsson on July 10, 2013. The crowdfunding started at the same time , in which the aim was to collect USD 100,000 for development, was successfully completed after three days and seven hours with USD 152,310. The Hemlis Messenger was last in the beta phase and has been tested by users (Android, iOS). The further development was discontinued on April 22, 2015.

politics

For the 2014 European elections candidate Sunde in Finland for the local Pirate Party . The European Pirate Party (PPEU) nominated him together with the PPEU chairman Amelia Andersdotter as a candidate for the office of Commission President .

Web links

Commons : Peter Sunde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Kuprijanko: Jag känner inte att jag gör något fel. (No longer available online.) Sydsvenskan , February 7, 2009, archived from the original on April 10, 2009 ; Retrieved May 6, 2012 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sydsvenskan.se
  2. ↑ Darren Waters: Countdown to Pirate Bay verdict. BBC , April 16, 2009, accessed April 20, 2012 .
  3. ^ Joakim Thorkildsen: Norske Peter tiltalt i The Pirate Bay-saken. Dagbladet , January 31, 2008, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Adam Svanell: Historien om Pirate Bay. Svenska Dagbladet , February 9, 2009, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Ernesto Van Der Sar: Pirate Bay's Founding Group 'Piratbyrån' Disbands. TorrentFreak, June 23, 2010, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Kevin Parrish: Pirate Bay Founders Launch "Legal" File-Sharing Site. Tomsguide.com, August 31, 2011, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  7. ↑ EUP 2014. May 14, 2013, accessed on April 6, 2014 .
  8. ^ Ernesto: Pirate Bay Co-Founder to Run For European Parliament. TorrentFreak , May 14, 2013, accessed March 21, 2014 .
  9. ^ David Kravets: Pirate Bay Future Uncertain After Operators Busted. Wired, January 31, 2008, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  10. ↑ enigmax: The Pirate Bay Trial: The Official Verdict - Guilty. TorrenFreak, April 17, 2009, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  11. ^ Jemima Kiss: Pirate Bay defendant: we can't and won't pay. The Guardian, April 17, 2009, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  12. ↑ " TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard . TPB AFK . February 8, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  13. ^ Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial. The Local , April 23, 2009, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  14. ↑ Founders of Pirate Bay go to jail. Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 2, 2012, accessed on May 6, 2012 .
  15. ↑ Reinhard Wolff: Prison for pirates. the daily newspaper , February 1, 2012, accessed on May 6, 2012 .
  16. ↑ Pirate Bay: Appeal denied, file sharing founders go to jail. PC Games , February 1, 2012, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  17. ↑ Enigmax: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Requests Pardon. TorrentFreak, April 11, 2012, accessed June 1, 2014 .
  18. ↑ Enigmax: Pirate Bay Founders File Appeals With Human Rights Court. TorrentFreak, June 21, 2012, accessed June 1, 2014 .
  19. ↑ NEIJ AND SUNDE KOLMISOPPI v. SWEDEN (Appl.no. 40397/12). European Court of Human Rights, February 19, 2013, accessed June 1, 2014 .
  20. ↑ Heise.de: Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde arrested on June 1, 2014.
  21. ↑ aftonbladet.se: Peter Sunde gripen i Skåne from June 1, 2014.
  22. ↑ torrentfreak.com: Losing Weight, Pirate Bay Founder Requests Security Downgrade, July 3, 2014.
  23. ↑ torrentfreak.com: Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison on November 10, 2014.
  24. ^ Pirate boss to make the web pay. BBC, February 12, 2010, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  25. ^ Christian Klaß: Peter Sunde resigns. Golem, October 13, 2010, accessed May 6, 2012 .
  26. ↑ Heml.is website / crowdfunding. (No longer available online.) July 12, 2013, archived from the original on July 12, 2013 ; Retrieved July 24, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / heml.is
  27. ↑ Sometimes you understand . Heml.is, April 22, 2015, accessed May 1, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Sunde, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish co-founder of The Pirate Bay and Flattr
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Uddevalla