It used to be jam-packed of small pirate ship in Swedish waters. Now there are only a few left, but they have become bigger and stronger. It argues Rights Alliance.
Every time it reported about one million damages for any pirate copy of a Beck-movie, they have a hand in the game. Rights Alliance, an offshoot of the controversial Anti-Piracy Office, chasing pirates for rights holder. Something that angered many on the opposing side.
– A friend once said that if you want to upset anyone should write about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, wolf hunting or us, said lawyer Henry Pontén that is the Alliance’s public face.
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Despite the outrage has their work produced results he says. There are not as many pirate sites in Sweden anymore.
- The trend is that the number of illegal services decrease, but they are increasing. Two years ago, we looked at some 20 Swedish players, now it’s down to a few. They are distinctly uninterested cease operations because they earn too good at it, he says.
In general, contact Legal Alliance their targets before the police reports. Put down the business, otherwise there will be a lawsuit – and by now all know that after a conviction is waiting damages in the millions. About half accepts the offer. A few more have stopped after the lawsuits started.
Is that your merit that there have been fewer illegal services do you think, I wonder, and Henrik Pontén think about.
- I can not think of any other explanation, can you? he replies after a moment.
Still involves a lot of court cases in Sweden on sites that run as hobby projects or where revenue has been fairly marginal. It is, according to Henrik Pontén a lag – it takes several years from the police reports until the prosecution will.
- Of the services that remain in Sweden today are all explicitly commercial, and earn a lot of money, he says.
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An example is the legal case surrounding torrent site Swepiracy going on in the District Court of Norrköping. The accused, a 24-year old man from Östergötland, suspected to have received over 800 000 in donations from members.
Swefilmer, streaming site that voluntarily shut in Last summer after a police examination, is an even more serious examples. The District Court has decided to freeze 13 million crowns on one of the suspected account, money is believed to have come from advertising and donations.
Rights Alliance is not alone to see the commercialization of pirate scene. In an interview with IDG.se last fall told filesharing prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad that it has become increasingly common for people who are investigated pulled in big money through ads and donations.
- You leave this group of friends and it is run more like a business, as he put it.
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