Pirate Bay founders jailed!!

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Rob71

They are facilitating piracy. Without their kind, there would be a lot less of it going around.

What if I don't sell drugs, but I tell you where to get them. And I make a profit from doing it. My hands never touch it, but I am part of a criminal organization. And I agree with you, now go after all the people who used their site to pirate files.

Why were servers on IRC never taken down? Or newgroups that posted entire copies of games and movies?

It just seems odd to go after someone who doesn't even offer the pirated material when there are still places that are easily accessible that have been around for far longer than torrents have existed.

Services like early Napster and Kazaa, yes, those are horrible and should never have been created. TPB isn't really doing anything wrong. Yes it's misguided and a bad idea, but why jail them?