The Student Bay is here

March 28, 2008

A new student literature website has emerged on the Swedish Internet landscape. Student Bay (currently only in Swedish) could challenge academic publishing in the same way as Pirate Bay took on the music industry. The new site, Student Bay, has been launched this week and carries a logo almost identical to that of The Pirate Bay.

I guess the community strikes once again :) !

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A press release published (in swedish) on its site on March 26th. My attempt to translate it :P follows:

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Music industry: ‘Make file sharing legal’

February 9, 2008

Sweden’s largest music rights organization has proposed making file-sharing legal by including the cost of music downloads in packages offered by ISPs.

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The Pirate Bay blocked in Denmark?

February 5, 2008

Court order in Denmark forced the local brunch of ISP Tele2 to ban access to the Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay.

The Pirate Bay does not illegally distribute copyrighted material such as music and films, it functions as a portal for users themselves to share their hard drives :P . I’m sure it will be easy to get around.

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