Founders of the popular torrent web site, thepiratebay.org, were found guilty of keeping record and software companies around by making a system that enabled their fans to pirate copyright materials and still make their business models and products relevant. Each gets a million dollar fine and a year in a Swedish prison (made by IKEA, so they just gotta find the side of the prison made of a 1/8″ MDF composite board to kick through and go home)
In a related story, Microsoft loses 99% of the Windows Vista Ultimate installations and Adobe loses 99% of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 market share. Turns out, less than 1% of the population with Internet access is stupid enough to spend the kind of money these companies are asking for their flagshit (it’s a typo, really!) products.
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