https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish court of appeals has ruled that a broadband provider must block its customers from accessing file sharing site The Pirate Bay, overruling a district court ruling to the contrary from 2015. https://www.thelocal.se/20170213/swedish-broadband-provider-must-block-the-pirate-bay-court-rules Mon, 13 Feb 2017 13:15:46 +0100 swedish-broadband-provider-must-block-the-pirate-bay-court-rules Internet providers make huge sums of money by not cracking down on piracy sites, argue researchers Karl Lallerstedt and Waldemar Ingdahl. https://www.thelocal.se/20160802/sweden-must-act-now-to-stop-online-piracy Tue, 02 Aug 2016 08:59:59 +0200 sweden-must-act-now-to-stop-online-piracy A popular Swedish film-streaming site has announced that it will shut down after police arrested and searched the home of one of the site’s administrators. https://www.thelocal.se/20150729/swedish-streaming-site-swefilmer-to-close-down Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:38:48 +0200 swedish-streaming-site-swefilmer-to-close-down Swedes aren't downloading movies and music as much as before with more people preferring to pay upfront for legal services such as Netflix. https://www.thelocal.se/20140603/illegal-file-sharing-on-the-wane-in-sweden Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:19:00 +0200 illegal-file-sharing-on-the-wane-in-sweden The co-founder of file sharing site Pirate Bay has been arrested in southern Sweden after almost two years on the run. Sunde has been wanted by Interpol since 2012. https://www.thelocal.se/20140601/pirate-bay-founder-peter-sunde-arrested Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:07:00 +0200 pirate-bay-founder-peter-sunde-arrested An attempt at reviving the movie-going experience lands novice file-sharer Homer Simpson in court, but not before he pays a visit to the embassy of "piracy loving" Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20140107/simpsons-seek-refuge-among-file-sharing-swedes Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:17:00 +0100 simpsons-seek-refuge-among-file-sharing-swedes Sweden's Pirate Party celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Pirate Bay file sharing site on Thursday by reporting the country's IT minister to the police for breaking Swedish copyright laws. https://www.thelocal.se/20130809/49546 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 12:24:00 +0200 49546 A man in eastern Sweden has been sentenced to pay 12.5 million kronor ($1.9 million) in damages after he was found to be the mastermind behind an extensive TV piracy network. https://www.thelocal.se/20130703/48852 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 18:08:00 +0200 48852 While file-sharing copyrighted movies and music is illegal, it remains popular and file-sharers can now sign up for insurance to fund any fines incurred as a result of getting caught. https://www.thelocal.se/20130413/47310 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:56:00 +0200 47310 Sweden is home to a vibrant community of file-sharing activists, but it is also at the forefront of a global recovery in music sales driven by streaming music services such as Spotify, AFP's Sören Billing reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20130310/46646 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:05:00 +0100 46646 Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who faces a year-long prison sentence for promoting copyright infringement, was detained on new computer hacking suspicions when he landed in Sweden on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20120911/43158 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:44:00 +0200 43158 Cambodia on Monday deported a co-founder of The Pirate Bay filesharing website, sending him back to Sweden where he faces a one-year prison sentence for promoting copyright infringement. https://www.thelocal.se/20120911/43148 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:08:00 +0200 43148 Cambodia said Tuesday that it would deport a co-founder of The Pirate Bay filesharing website who faces a one-year prison sentence in Sweden for promoting copyright infringement. https://www.thelocal.se/20120904/43004 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:49:00 +0200 43004 Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, one of the founders of the file sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested in Cambodia after an international warrant was issued following a conviction in Sweden for copyright violations. https://www.thelocal.se/20120901/42952 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:34:00 +0200 42952 A recent review of Sweden's controversial Ipred law, giving copyright owners the right to request IP-addresses of suspected illegal file sharers, shows that there were only eleven cases between 2009 and 2012. https://www.thelocal.se/20120817/42672 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:09:00 +0200 42672 A 31-year-old man was formally charged on Wednesday for uploading 25 films onto the internet using File Transfer Protocol, making him the first person charged in Sweden for using FTP to share copyrighted works. https://www.thelocal.se/20120719/42116 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:08:00 +0200 42116 A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to prison in Sweden after he was found to be behind an illegal file-sharing website. https://www.thelocal.se/20120605/41262 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:22:00 +0200 41262 File sharing is still going strong in Sweden. Levels have barely been affected by new, harsh laws, and most Swedes have no problem with file sharing, a new study from Lund University shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20120519/40922 Sat, 19 May 2012 11:49:00 +0200 40922 One of the founders of Swedish file share site The Pirate Bay is turning to the European Court of Human Rights in the hopes of having his guilty verdict overturned, claiming his conviction violates his freedom of speech. https://www.thelocal.se/20120514/40818 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:19:00 +0200 40818 Sweden's parliament on Thursday passed a law making it easier for police to force internet service providers to reveal the identities of individual computer users in their continued hunt for suspected file sharers. https://www.thelocal.se/20120511/40784 Fri, 11 May 2012 17:40:00 +0200 40784