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      Not at that time. That came after the us government pushed the swedish government to do something and they in turn “strongly hinted” to the swedish judiciary system that they better do something.

      And finally the sentencing judge socialised professionally with pro-copyright lobbyists.

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        That came after the us government pushed the swedish government

        🎶 We’re all living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar 🎵

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          It is quite interesting that American corporations harass everyone, not just us Americans.

          I got together with the other Americans, and we’re cool of you all want to do something about them.

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          🎶 We’re all living in Amerika, America it’s wonder bra ;P

          }===[( W )( W )]==={

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            That’s like actually the next line though.

            “Amerika, coco-cola, wonderbra”

            Its the actual joke that they have all the same products.

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      Nice bravado but he ultimately wasted years of his life in solitary confinement.

      EDIT: Maybe not years. Certainly months. Actually it was over a year when you add the reported stints together.

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          I believe it was because he failed to return to Sweden to serve his Pirate Bay sentence and instead remained in Cambodia where he was living at the time. There was an international warrant out for his arrest and when he was deported back to Sweden he was judged at risk of flight or further “criminal activities”. He was removed from solitary after a few months, so I’m not sure if he was put back there for his later, longer sentence of hacking.

          EDIT: He was later held in solitary confinement in Denmark for at least 10 months while awaiting trial for hacking.

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            Why would he need to be in solitary for being a flight risk? Sounds like you’re mixing up regular prison and solitary confinement…

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                “He is kept under restrictions as decided by the prosecutor. TV in his cell. He can buy cigarettes and sweets from a kiosk that comes Monday and Wednesdays,” Kristina explains.

                “He is offered one hour ‘outdoors’ each day in some kind of exercise yard with high concrete walls. That is all he is allowed to leave his cell for. No gym, no opportunities to meet other people except for the guards.

                Ok so I think what most people think about when they talk about solitary confinement is the US version where you have a small cell with a toilet, sink and bed and that’s it, you’re behind a door with a small window and sometimes you don’t even get an hour of exercise…

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                  Ok so I think what most people think about when they talk about solitary confinement is the US version

                  “Okay so I think what most people think about when they talk about Sweden and Denmark is the US”.

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      If every peasant started treating his opressor like this, we might actually start getting results.

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        We would need all peasants doing it at once. One peasant doing it just means you get your head cut off, which unfortunately doesn’t help.

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          Some truth in that for sure.

          I was talking more about when you get a chance to dunk one these clowns and you can do without getting hurt or you are willing to take calculated risk. Do it!

          Most plebs now either too scared or otherwise unwilling to some basic FAFO and this made owner class brazen

          Piracy is one of the best tools to tell the regime to get fucked IMHO

          Seeing them bent our of shape over it is some of the best cope entertainment out there

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    IIRC, the US accusers even quoted US federal law at TPB in emails preceding this. They had probably just assumed TPB were US based and this response where how they found out.

    I’m still salty about Sweden bending over about this, tho. Sovereignty is a lie.

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      There are tolerated quirks, and then there is insubordination. Defying US Copyright Law would have been the latter, it was not tolerated.

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    The hunt for the cofounders of torrent site The Pirate Bay was a lengthy game of cat-and-mouse, spanning several continents. In the end, Fredrik Neij, Peter Sunde and Gottfrid Svartholm all ended up in prison.