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After a court-decision ThePirateBay.se and PirateBay.se has been forfeited to the Swedish government. This is the first time a domain name has been confiscated in Sweden on this level. There are no previous cases of states suing a registry for abetting criminal activity or breaching copyright law. The Swedish Prosecution Authority had filed a petition (pdf in Swedish) with the Stockholm District Court requesting the seizure of two domain names, thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se from the Registry of Swedish Domains IIS (formerly .SE). The job of IIS is to administrate the top-level domain .se which means they provide a search and cataloging function, and assists in the translation from domain names to the actual address on the internet – the IP address. The case revolved around whether Swedish law sees a domain name as an object or if it should be considered a tool. It also makes implications about who is responsible for copyright infringement and how far-reaching this should be. The
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