Fredrik Neij
Encyclopedia
Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij (born April 27, 1978), a.k.a. TiAMO, is a co-founder of The Pirate Bay
, a BitTorrent index site and tracker. He also owned the web host PRQ
, which previously hosted The Pirate Bay.
Parts of an interview with Neij commenting on the May 2006 police raid
of The Pirate Bay
are featured in Good Copy Bad Copy
and Steal This Film
. Neij also appears in the unreleased documentary TPB-AFK
.
operators — Neij, Peter Sunde
, Gottfrid Svartholm
and Carl Lundström
(CEO of The Pirate Bay's former ISP) — were charged with "assisting [others in] copyright infringement". The trial
began on 16 February 2009. On 17 April 2009, Neij and his co-defendants were found to be guilty of "assisting in making copyright content available" in the Stockholm
district court (tingsrätt
). Each defendant was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay damages of 30 million SEK
(approximately €2,740,900 or US$
3,620,000), to be apportioned among the four defendants. The defendants lawyers have appealed to the Svea Court of Appeal
together with a request for a retrial in the district court because of the recent suspicion of bias on behalf of judge Tomas Norström. Under Swedish law, the verdict is not lawful until all appeals have been processed.
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...
, a BitTorrent index site and tracker. He also owned the web host PRQ
PRQ
PeRiQuito AB is a Swedish Internet service provider and web hosting company created in 2004.-Ownership:Based in Stockholm, PRQ is owned by Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij, two founders of The Pirate Bay.- Business model :...
, which previously hosted The Pirate Bay.
Parts of an interview with Neij commenting on the May 2006 police raid
The Pirate Bay raid
The Pirate Bay raid took place on 31 May 2006 in Stockholm, when The Pirate Bay, a Swedish website that indexes torrent files, was raided by Swedish police, causing it to go offline for three days. Upon reopening, the site's number of visitors more than doubled; the increased popularity attributed...
of The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...
are featured in Good Copy Bad Copy
Good Copy Bad Copy
Good Copy Bad Copy, A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture, is a documentary about copyright and culture in the context of Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances, directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke.It features...
and Steal This Film
Steal This Film
Steal This Film is a film series documenting the movement against intellectual property produced by The League of Noble Peers and released via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol....
. Neij also appears in the unreleased documentary TPB-AFK
TPB-AFK
TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard, is an upcoming documentary film, directed by Simon Klose, based on the lives of the three founders of The Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker - Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm...
.
The Pirate Bay Trial
On 31 January 2008, The Pirate BayThe Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...
operators — Neij, Peter Sunde
Peter Sunde
Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi is an IT expert with Norwegian and Finnish roots. He is best known for being a co-founder and the spokesperson of The Pirate Bay, a BitTorrent tracker site.-Personal life:...
, Gottfrid Svartholm
Gottfrid Svartholm
Per Gottfrid Svartholm Warg , alias anakata, is a Swedish computer specialist, known as the co-owner of the web hosting company PRQ and co-founder of the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay together with Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde...
and Carl Lundström
Carl Lundström
Carl Ulf Sture Lundström is a Swedish businessman.Carl Lundström is the son of Ulf Lundström and the grandson of Karl Edvard Lundström, founder of the world's largest crisp bread producer Wasabröd. When his father Ulf Lundström died in 1973, Carl Lundström was one of five heirs to Wasabröd and its...
(CEO of The Pirate Bay's former ISP) — were charged with "assisting [others in] copyright infringement". The trial
The Pirate Bay trial
The Pirate Bay trial is a joint criminal and civil prosecution in Sweden of four individuals charged for promoting the copyright infringement of others with the torrent tracking website The Pirate Bay...
began on 16 February 2009. On 17 April 2009, Neij and his co-defendants were found to be guilty of "assisting in making copyright content available" in the Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
district court (tingsrätt
Tingsrätt
Tingsrätt , käräjäoikeus or tingrett is a term used for district courts in Sweden, Finland and Norway...
). Each defendant was sentenced to one year in prison and ordered to pay damages of 30 million SEK
Swedish krona
The krona has been the currency of Sweden since 1873. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it, but especially in the past, it sometimes preceded the value...
(approximately €2,740,900 or US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
3,620,000), to be apportioned among the four defendants. The defendants lawyers have appealed to the Svea Court of Appeal
Svea Court of Appeal
The Svea Court of Appeal , located in Stockholm, is one of six appellate courts in the Swedish legal system. It was founded in 1614 and was the highest court in Sweden until 1789, when the Supreme Court of Sweden was established....
together with a request for a retrial in the district court because of the recent suspicion of bias on behalf of judge Tomas Norström. Under Swedish law, the verdict is not lawful until all appeals have been processed.