Comments on: Lawyer in Pirate Bay case facing 'DDo$' attack

While Swedish authorities move to collect $3.8 million in damages from the Pirate Bay defendants, someone has hatched a scheme create bank account problems for one of the plaintiffs' lawyers.

[monkeyfun14]

Lmao just keep digging yourself a deeper hole. Being malicious doesn't make your cause look any better just shows that you like to commit fraud.

[pentest]

The defendants didn't do this.

Serves the stupid lawyers right for getting involved with a diseased ***** like the record companies.
[CNET editor's note: Personal attack deleted.]

[mikestatic1]

Pentest...is angry because he can't get everything for free.
[CNET editor's note: Personal attack deleted.]

[gerrrg]

There is no attempt to commit fraud here.

If you read the post correctly, it is asking people to send $0.13 to the plaintiff's law firm's bank account, which will eventually trigger the law firm to pay additional fees to the bank once the number of payments reach over certain limits. If you then claim that you were misled as to what the payment was for, then you could request a refund, which would then trigger administrative costs of labor on the law firm's behalf.

It's a well-planned prank, and a legal one at that. In fact, there is little difference between this tactic and that which lawyers perform, to navigate and circumvent the holes in laws, in order to affect the outcome of a trial in their favor.

[aMUSICsite]

It's not fraud, it looks like they are not doing anything technically illegal. If anything it's highlighting a weak point in the banking law.

[mikestatic1]

This is not a token statement the Pirate Bay supporters are making - $0.13 is a lot or money for the freeloaders.

[rallynochaos]

I wonder if individuals can make 100 13-cent payments.

I'd drop $13 (less than the cost of one dvd or cd I've downloaded) to help this cause.

[Outside_Looking_In]

Whether you're for or against what these guys (Pirate Bay defendants or mastermind behind this scheme) do or don't do illegally, you've got to admit- if this doesn't get anyone in trouble for any illegal wrongdoing, it's genius. One thing's for certain, taking out an ad in the newspaper to rally for a cause was one thing, but these days with the internet, people can come together in the masses to circumvent most anything; whether it's right or wrong. I'm neither condoning or condemning, I'm just saying- be careful who you tick off! The world just got a whole lot smaller in the past 10 years or so and much easier to rally a cause. Too many people can come together for good and evil! Too funny!
Sorry for rambling...

[Gambit642]

The same people who have money to burn on over-priced music have found another way to waste money!

The war on property rights has officially become a war of childishness.
If the music and movie industry would spend some of this time and effort in contemporary reform of their distribution, this wouldn't be an issue. They will be pursuing this litigation war for the next few decades, and it will still end with reform of the entertainment market. Piracy got along fine before PBay...it won't miss a beat when/if its gone.

[screamapillar]

Well said Gamit. And when you consider than the intention of the intellectual property legislations (such as copyright acts and patents etc) was to ensure fair use not restrict fair use (which is what the RIAA/MPAA persue) we really SHOULD be reforming the entertainment market - but against the copyright exploiters (eg RIAA who manipulate and exploit and desecrate copyright legislation and then have the nerve to accuse others of infringements) and towards a far more accessible system.

[gggg sssss]

ROTFLMFAO

Lawyers - into the sea with you.

[flitcraft33]

This is a legitiimate way to bring pressure on a litigant to cease and desist. It is not unlike the terrorist tactics of the RIAA, confiscating computers, using law enforcement personnel to enforce civil litigation goals, and other questionable practices. It is legitimate to fight fire with fire. Where can I find a site in English to donate?