The Pirate Bay sues cartels

I didn't think I would see the day when I would read a news about something like this, but here we go. The Pirate Bay, an organization which is actually openly and proudly sharing music and other content without authorization is suing the major entertainment cartels whose content they are illegally sharing.

"The Pirate Bay is normally on the wrong end [of] the entertainment cartels lawsuits. But now is decided to take the initiative against its accusers."

As quoted, on their blog they say: "Thanks to the email-leakage from MediaDefender-Defenders we now have proof of the things we’ve been suspecting for a long time; the big record and movie labels are paying professional hackers, saboteurs and ddosers to destroy our trackers." -- Read more

It may be interesting to note that they may very well have a winnable case here, if what they are claiming is found to be backed by substantial evidence. If cartels bring up the fact that Pirate Bay is breaking the law by encouraging unauthorized copying, Pirate Bay can just as easily point to other things that cartels do illegally as well, even possibly beyond the scope of the current lawsuit. In other words, if Pirate Bay is exposing itself as vulnerable here, it's not any more vulnerable than cartels themselves.

This is a bold move with potentially wide scale implications.