Pirate Bay Plans DDo$ Against Law Firm

From Tom's Hardware: Instead of collecting donations or paying the fee off themselves, Gottfrid Svarholm, one of the four Pirate Bay founders, has come up with the DDo$, which encourages everyone to pay a tiny "internet-avgift" (Internet fee) of 1 Swedish Krona (just $0.13) to the Danowsky law firm, which represented the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in the Pirate Bay trial.

Say what? Instead of donating to them and helping them pay off the huge fines that have been imposed they want people to donate to the opposing team? Really? Well, no, not really. Sure, your $0.13 is going to Danowsky but here’s the catch: according to BlogPirate, the firm only has 1,000 free money transfers. Any payments after that cost the firm and other music companies cash to process. If enough people donate, Danowsky will quickly find itself out of pocket.

The idea is definitely interesting. When the verdict was delivered, the four men charged said they would not be paying. Peter Sunde even went as far as to say if he had the money, he would burn everything he owned before paying and even then, he would not give them the ashes.

Soon after, when fans began donating money to help them pay the fines, the goup asked them to stop, reiterating that they had no intention of paying “those silly fines. “We have seen that some people that we don't know have started collecting donations for us, so we can pay those silly fines,” said Sunde. “We firmly ask you NOT to do this. Do not gather or send any money. We do not want them since we will not pay any fines!”

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