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“I’ve said for years, shadow government already has scaregoat related disinfo hypnology”

It’s amazing to me how so many people seem to think that because they don’t understand something, it has no explanation, or is in some way “magical” or a “miracle”.

“And I don’t wanna talk to a scientist, yall just lying and getting me pissed”

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ThePirateBay Logo

So, apparently, Swedish corporation Sandryds Handel AB noticed that The Pirate Bay logo isn’t registered or copyrighted to anyone in particular, so what was the next logical step? Well to register/copyright it for themselves of course! Obviously, this is soliciting a reaction from the collective forces of the internetz, including (but not limited to) the torrent community.

According to Sandryds Handel spokesman Bengt Wessborg, the company is intending to “sell USB drives using this brand”, which is actually kind-of a cool idea (especially if they donated a certain percentage to tpb). Here’s the issue, The Pirate Bay logo isn’t registered or copyrighted because it was never meant to be at all restricted, in alignment with the opinion that information should be free, so using the image for USB drives or t-shirts is one thing, but registering and copyrighting the image to your company? That’s completely different.

ex-Pirate Bay spokesman Peter Sunde told TorrentFreak: “It will be turned over quite easily, it’s a preliminary registration that is being ‘tested’” indicating that this isn’t something to be terribly worried about, adding later that “It’s a person at the registration office that has made an error – willingly or not, we’re not sure”. So no worries, pirates, your beloved logo will be safe for now.

Torrentfreak article

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