Pirate Bay Creators Found Guilty: Sentenced to Jail, Fines
Two days ago, a court in Sweden found the four men who created the internet file sharing site “The Pirate Bay” guilty of copyright infringement and of aiding and abetting the piracy of copyrighted material. The men were each sentenced to a year in jail and a fine of 30 million Swedish Kroner (about $3.6 million USD). The reaction in the media and in cyberspace was swift; much of the commentary came down on the side of The Pirate Bay founders, blaming the entertainment and software industries for causing the need for such sites in the first place through years of unfair pricing of music, video and software, as well as the draconian steps these companies have taken to stop piracy in recent years. Others are of the opinion that the Pirate Bay creators got what...
Site Re-design 2009
Here it is: yet another site redesign for this year! Over the past few months, I’ve been learning about the very cool WordPress content management system, and have decided to transform my site into a full-fledged blog. The advantage of doing this is simple; it will allow me to update the site more frequently, and not have to spend hours messing around in Dreamweaver just to get my thoughts out to you. Furthermore, it will allow me to update the site not only using my laptop, but also using my favorite gadget since July of ’08, my iPhone. how cool is that?! I’ll be testing the site while I’m busy doing other stuff, so it should be completely done in a few days. In the meantime, give me some feedback on what you’ve seen so far.
