Demonstration for the Pirate Bay, originally uploaded by Chadie

Swedish Radio News reports that prosecutor Håkan Rosvall says two of the three main figures behind the file-sharing site the Pirate Bay are to be prosecuted as accomplices for crimes against copyright and for planning crimes against copyright.

Following the raid on the servers hosting the Pirate Bay virtually all of Sweden’s political parties fell over themselves vowing to change the law. Since the September elections, nothing has been heard of any proposed legislation.

Meanwhile, according to the World Net Institute, in two years the number of file-sharers in Sweden has risen from 9 percent to 14 percent. One million Swedes over the age of 18 are estimated to download music, films, and games.

Daniel Johansson of the University of Kalmar, who has researched file-sharing, says the Pirate Bay has become the modern counterpart to earlier Swedish icons liks ABBA, Ace of Base, and Europe.

The latest from the Pirate Bay blog:

User data stolen but not unsecured

Hi, we have some sad news, but don’t be alarmed…

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Some people (and yes, we know who) found a security hole on our web site (in fact, actually in this blog).

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They have got a copy of the user database. That is, your username and passwords. But, the passwords are stored encrypted, so it’s not a big deal, but it’s still very sad that it’s out there. All e-mails are for instance encrypted as well, they will most likely not be able to decrypt them either (they are _very_ encrypted).

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We encourage all our users to change passwords as soon as possible - and if you have the same password on the bay as other places, you should update them as well.

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Sorry for the mess, but we are all human and we miss something sometimes.