Two weeks ago the Pirate Bay, the world largest file sharing website, was found guilty of copyright infringement. The outcome is hardly surprising to me, but rather disappointing. The Motion Picture Association of America has been going after the Pirate Bay for several years now. They were finally able to bring them to court after successfully lobbying Sweden to make changes to their law. In my opinion that something like that could happen is really telling about how government’s worldwide cater to corporate interests rather than those of the common people, but that’s not what I want to get into with this article.

What’s really upsetting about this whole situation is how the only answer any of these large corporations have to internet piracy is lawsuits and legal threats. It’s a response that in my opinion has had very little if no effect on the situation.

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