by Mark Malek

One of the partners from our firm, Philip Zies, told me about a story that really made me laugh today.  (No, I’m not going to write LOL, and you’re a putz if you use that too often.)  Apparently, the ship design used in The Pirate Bay logo has been hijacked by a Swedish Company for its own commercial exploitation.  (Source.)

For the uninitiated, The Pirate Bay is a site where users “share” BitTorrents.  Who knows what the real intent of the site is, but the fact of the matter is that The Pirate Bay has become a site where users obtain copyrighted materials illegally.  A user can simply download music, movies, software, television shows, etc. without the mess of having to pay for it.  I am not saying that every use of The Pirate Bay is an infringing use, so please do not take it that way.  It is just that most users of such sites are generally trying to obtain copyrighted materials for free.

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