Pirate Bay may be subject to multiple intellectual property law suits

The verdict represents a change in legislation regarding the copyright infringement that the men were convicted of conduct for others to break the law, rather than breaching copyright they themselves. Until yesterday, prosecutors have acted against sites such as Napster, which allowed copyright.

According to a copyright infringement lawyer, Mark Harding, director of intellectual property at KPMG, said the verdict was a blow across the bow of the sites file sharing. ”