To some, The Pirate Bay is evil personified. To others, including its founders, it’s just a service that does nothing wrong. But the truth is about to be hammered out in a Stockholm courtroom as the three men behind the site and a dotcom millionaire who gave money to support The Pirate Bay go on trial for assisting copyright infringement, according to the Guardian.
The Pirate Bay co-founders, Fredik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi insist the site is legal because it doesn’t host any files; it simply acts as a search engine for those wanting to share files. Also, they say, it doesn’t make vast profits, and whatever money is made goes back into the site.
