Pirates of the courtroom – game over for file-sharing in Scandinavia?

[Sweden] It's not looking good for the pirates in Sweden. The usually pirate loving country that spawned The Pirate Bay and the world's first Pirate Party, is now pursuing illegal file-sharers like it's 1790 and the outlaws need to be gunned down. A recent court order has forced ISP Teliasonera to choose between either coughing up 750,000 SEK (about 72,000 euro) or giving out the names and addresses of the founders of torrent site Swetorrents. The verdict has been made possible because of the so called IPRED law, which was passed in April this year. According to the law, ISPs must give out contact details of file-sharers to copyright holders if they ask for them. Full story...