Piratbyrån
Piratbyrån ( ; Eng. "The Pirate Office") was a Swedish organization founded in 2003 , which was founded to support the individual fight against copyright and intellectual property through the exchange of information and cultural aspects. Piratbyrån was not involved in illegal activities itself, the organization wanted to show the public a citizen-related view of things in addition to that of the lobby associations.
The organization provided z. For example, newsgroups and forums dealing primarily with file sharing , intellectual property, software piracy and digital culture are available, and events such as lectures and an annual “May-day” demonstration are arranged. In 2005 they published an anthology with the title "Copy Me" ( Kopimi ), which contained selected texts, especially their website.
Piratbyrån was in contact with many European anti-copyright organizations, including members who were always welcome guest speakers at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin.
Members of Piratbyrån founded the BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay in Sweden in November 2003 . The BitTorrent tracker now works independently of Piratbyrån, however a number of its members are active administrators of The Pirate Bay.
Confiscated in May 2006
On May 31, 2006, as part of the police action against The Pirate Bay , the servers of Piratbyrån were also confiscated. The seizure was followed by a demonstration in Stockholm on June 3, at which representatives of the Piratbyrån and other organizations, as well as political parties, gave speeches primarily directed against the Swedish government.
See also
Web links
- Official website (Swedish, "closed for reflection" since June 2010)
- Piratgruppen.org - Danish sister organization
- "The Gray Commons" (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Slyck Interviews The Pirate Bay - Interviews with The Pirate Bay from slyck.com on June 7, 2005
- ↑ The Pirate Bay: Here to Stay? - Announcement from wired.com on March 13, 2006