Torrent site sues anti-piracy campaigners for copyright infringement
A move that sounds like it’s come straight out of a film, torrent website The Pirate Bay have sued anti-piracy group CIAPC for supposed copyright infringement.
The accusation comes as the campaigners redesigned their site as a mock-up of The Pirate Bay’s infamous layout, a move that their enemies didn’t take lightly.
The Pirate Bay released the following, more than slightly dry-humoured, statement:
“We are outraged by this behavior. People must understand what is right and wrong. Stealing material like this on the internet is a threat to economies worldwide. We feel that we must make a statement and therefore we will sure them for copyright infringement. If not even IFPI and their friends can respect copyright, perhaps it’s time to move on?”
You can check out CIAPC’s redesigned logo above.
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