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Narrator: Dreamworls did indeed go and fuck themselves.
No they don’t, they and the rest of the US entertainment industry forced our government to put an increasing amounts of pressure on Sweden resulting in anakata and the other 2 founders serving a year in prison plus about $4 million in fines about 5 years after this was sent. They are lucky they live somewhere where the penal system is not overly retributive, otherwise the punishment would’ve likely been much more severe
(Assuming you’re American) your tax dollars at work
How is a film studio’s legal action anyone’s tax dollars at work?
This was not an action simply fought by movie studios lawyers across the sea. MPAA lobbied the government to use soft power and the government did.
Wikileaks diplomatic cables showed US government put a ton of pressure on the Swedish government over the Pirate Bay. If Sweden failed to act they risked political consequences including being placed on a list of countries that fail to protect us intellectual property and potential economic consequences
Further the 2006 raid on the Pirate Bay was in some part due to US government pressure and while no US officials were physically present they were coordinating with Swedish authorities