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		ensignavenger on Feb 20, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pirate Bay Trial Day 5: Peter’s "Political Trial" TPB guys have been very careful from the beginning of the site to ensure that they have crossed every t and dotted every i in following the law.

wmf on Feb 20, 2009 [–]

Maybe things are different in Sweden, but under common law that's pretty difficult, especially in copyright where some situations have never been tested in court. A lot of lawyers were going around saying that Grokster was obviously legal while others were saying it was obviously illegal. IANAL.

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