http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/apr/23/pirate-bay-piracy
Swedish radio has revealed that The Pirate Bay judge has connections to copyright organisations as defence lawyers say they will call for a retrial. The lawyer for Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde says that he will be demand a retrial after it was revealed that the judge in the case sits on the board of the Swedish Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and also is a member of the Swedish Copyright Association, according to a report on Sveriges Radio's P3 news programme. Judge Tomas Norström did not deny membership in the organisations, but he said, "My view has been that these activities do not constitute a conflict of interest." However, Peter Althin, the lawyer for Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde, said that last autumn they found out that a lay judge had similar connections, and the court excluded the judge in order to prevent a conflict of interest. Swedish legal expert Leif Silbersky told Swedish Radio that a retrial was possible, but defence lawyers would have to act quickly. *********************************** * POST TO MEDIANEWS@ETSKYWARN.NET * *********************************** Medianews mailing list Medianews@etskywarn.net http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
