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http://thepiratebay.org/blog/104

2008-04-18, for
immediate release:
Chief police
investigator in
Pirate Bay trial
employed by the
copyright industry

Jim Keyzer has had a
leading role in the
prosecution against
The Pirate Bay as
head of the
preliminary
investigation. In
the
upcoming trial he is
expected to be a key
witness and due to
being a police
investigator to have
high credibility.

Keyzer was also
heading an
investigation where
The Pirate Bay sued
some of the mayor
media corporations
for data
trespassing.
That case was
recently cancelled
by him.

But....

New information
reveals that the
39-year old
investigator isn't
the objective
professional a
police investigator
should be.
Since March 16 this
year, he is employed
by Warner Bros, one
of the plaintiffs in
the prosecution
against The Pirate
Bay.
Keyzer himself
confirmed the
information but
refused to reveal
what his position
within the company
is.

- It was yesterday
that the blog,
kopit.se, discovered
that Jim had changed
employer on his
Facebook profile.
The new employer
was Warner Bros and
we decided to call
him up and ask about
it. He confirmed
that he is an
employee there and
we can't see it
in any other way
than this being the
reward for a work
well done from the
new employer of the
police - the
entertainment
industry,
says Peter Sunde of
The Pirate Bay.

According to Peter
Athlin, Sunde's
laywer, the
consequence of the
information could be
that the
investigation has to
be remade.

- If the trial
wasn't already just
a political theatre,
this clearly shows
that this is not a
fair and balanced
trial. The copyright
industry stands no
chance in an
objective legal
judgement and
therefor have to
cheat their way
forward. Their
legitimacy has hit
rock
bottom, says Magnus
Eriksson of
copyright critics
Piratbyr�n (Bureau
for Piracy).

- This is a legal
outrage. Talk about
biased, Sunde
continues. Keyzer is
in charge of the
investigation. No
matter the reasons
to
switch employer,
this investigation
has not been fair.
We have felt that
the investigation
has concentrated on
trying to locate
something
to point out as
wrong with The
Pirate Bay instead
of determining if
the activities of
the site are
unlawful or not.

Monique Wadsted,
laywer at MAQS law
firm, representing
Hollywood in the
case, comments on
the story this way:
- I suppose this is
Warner Bros way of
expressing how they
feel about the good
work Jim Keyzer has
done. But nothing
inappropriate
has been going on
during the
preliminary
investigation.

How nice of
Hollywood to come up
with yet another
unbiased voice to
tell us the
truth...About time
to investigate the
investigators!

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