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February 18th, 2013, 22:47 PM
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Pirate Bay charges piracy by pro-copyright organization
The Pirate Bay reported an anti-piracy organization to Finnish police on Monday for allegedly breaching its copyright.
The Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center (CIAPC) recently launched a website that imitates the appearance of The Pirate Bay, replacing the pirate ship logo with one featuring a sinking ship, and substituting the usual torrent search links with links to two directories of legal download services.
Although The Pirate Bay explicitly gives permission for organizations to use the site's content for "obvious well meaning usage, i.e. distributing works of cultural benefit for the end user," it said it will proceed with a lawsuit against CIAPC.
"CIAPC have copied files from which The Pirate Bay is built, to produce a fraudulent parody site," The Pirate Bay said, adding that in many countries this could constitute fair use for the purposes of parody—but not under Finnish law.
"While The Pirate Bay may have a positive view on copying, it will not stand by and watch copyright enforcing organizations disrespect copyright," says a Pirate Bay statement.
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