Swedish Supreme Court to rule on damages relating to online copyright infringement
In 2017 four Swedish men were sentenced by Linköping District Court [ see here ] to jail for their role in running and operating the following torrent websites: Dreamfilm, PirateHub, TFplay, and Tankafetast. As also explained on TorrentFreak , the four sites initially generated millions of visitors thanks to users seeking to download movies, available on those websites, via bit-torrent clients such as Utorrent . Tfplay and Dreamfilm also offered users the possibility to stream the movies directly on that website. The sites were described as Europe’s leading players in file sharing and streaming by Swedish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance. In early 2015, Dreamfilm announced it would shut down, following the arrest of one of its administrators. This generated a domino effect, with PirateHub, TFplay and Tankafetast shutting down as well. The four individuals behind the sites were eventually convicted by the Linköping District Court and sentenced to 6 – 10 months in jail. In addition, t...