And the second day of the trial against The Pirate Bay goes on
...and it is amusing to hear the peremptory voice of the prosecutor when he calls seeders for CIDERS and says megabits instead of megabytes. "And as you now can see...IFPISS' computer has now become cidor...cider!"
Today he explained how an e-mail works and one of the lay assessors fell asleep in their seats and loud groans could be heard. Even the judge gently told the prosecutor that this might be a little bit dull, if he could perhaps just come to his conclusion? ^.^
Even better, it seems that the technical know-how of the prosecutor is next to void. He does not even grasp the concepts of how a tracker works despite having several years to read up. Today he has been forced to admit that he cannot even prove that TPB's tracker was the one handling the initial information exchange in order to kickstart the filesharing procedure.
He has also dropped some half of the charges and it's only the second day of the trial!
A Swedish blogger comments the events: "If there are any American lobbyists in the audience they are probably very disappointed with the lack of I'LL SHOW THEM!!! in the prosecutor's presentation. Perhaps they believed this would turn into a true American court drama case, but nope. This is as uplifting as watching drying paint. If you could tap the prosecutor's presentation and bottle it, perhaps you could sell it as a sedative and earn a fortune."
Update:
A man who has been a lay assessors for many years has commented the fact that the prosecutor dropped half of the original charges: "It is possible that the lay assessors don't follow all the technical details. As a lay assessor you don't really need to. But you can immediately spot the pattern of charges that are going to pieces and when the prosecutor has not done a proper job."
Update2:
To further underline the lack of know-how the prosecutor even explains the "quotation"-bracket, >, in the mail: "Notice that when reading this mail, that this is in reply of an earlier mail. Fredrik Neij har added his own replies in several spots in the middle of the text of the original mail, which may make it hard to read. It is marked here with triangles in the rows."
Today he explained how an e-mail works and one of the lay assessors fell asleep in their seats and loud groans could be heard. Even the judge gently told the prosecutor that this might be a little bit dull, if he could perhaps just come to his conclusion? ^.^
Even better, it seems that the technical know-how of the prosecutor is next to void. He does not even grasp the concepts of how a tracker works despite having several years to read up. Today he has been forced to admit that he cannot even prove that TPB's tracker was the one handling the initial information exchange in order to kickstart the filesharing procedure.
He has also dropped some half of the charges and it's only the second day of the trial!
A Swedish blogger comments the events: "If there are any American lobbyists in the audience they are probably very disappointed with the lack of I'LL SHOW THEM!!! in the prosecutor's presentation. Perhaps they believed this would turn into a true American court drama case, but nope. This is as uplifting as watching drying paint. If you could tap the prosecutor's presentation and bottle it, perhaps you could sell it as a sedative and earn a fortune."
Update:
A man who has been a lay assessors for many years has commented the fact that the prosecutor dropped half of the original charges: "It is possible that the lay assessors don't follow all the technical details. As a lay assessor you don't really need to. But you can immediately spot the pattern of charges that are going to pieces and when the prosecutor has not done a proper job."
Update2:
To further underline the lack of know-how the prosecutor even explains the "quotation"-bracket, >, in the mail: "Notice that when reading this mail, that this is in reply of an earlier mail. Fredrik Neij har added his own replies in several spots in the middle of the text of the original mail, which may make it hard to read. It is marked here with triangles in the rows."