Peter Sunde
Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (aka brokep ) (* September 13, 1978 in Uddevalla ) is an entrepreneur, software developer and IT professional. He has Norwegian and Swedish roots. He is known for his work as co-founder and former spokesperson for The Pirate Bay, as well as the founder of Flattr.
Life
Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi was born on September 13, 1978 in Uddevalla, the second child of a Finnish travel engineer and a Norwegian HR consultant. His older brother is the writer Mats Kolmisoppi. As Sunde was between eight and nine years, his parents divorced, after which he moved to Bergen in Norway with his brother and his mother. Sunde began at this time with the program and copying of video games and computer programs.
In 2003 he became a member of the Swedish Piratbyrån and a few months later founded Sunde, Fredrik Neij and gottfrid Svartholm The Pirate Bay, which Sunde press secretary was. He remained until the end of 2009 spokesperson for The Pirate Bay. In August 2011, Sunde and Fredrik Neij founded the file-sharing site Bayfiles aimed at legal swap. Sunde speaks Swedish, Norwegian, English, Finnish and German. He is a vegan.
At the 2014 European elections Sunde takes for the Pirate Party of Finland.
Trial to The Pirate Bay
Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Svartholm and Carl Lundström gottfrid - - On January 31, 2008, the operators of The Pirate Bay were indicted for assisting in violation of the copyright. The Pirate Bay trial began on 16 February 2009. Sunde On 17 April 2009, and the co-accused was found guilty for the " Help for making available of copyright content ". Each defendant was to one year imprisonment and to pay damages of 30 million Swedish crowns (about 2.7409 million euros or 3.62 million U.S. dollars), divided between all defendants convicted. After the verdict, a press conference was held, a handwritten promissory note held in his sin into the air, where he stated that this is the complete compensation, which he will pay. He also said:
"Even if I had any money I would rather burn everything I own and not even give them the ashes. They Could have the job of picking them up That's how much I hate the media industry. "
" Even if I had any money, I would rather burn it and not even give them the ashes. You could get the task to pick up it. As much as I hate the media industry. "
The defense attorneys possessed the Svea Court of Appeal hovrätt an application for a retrial before the Regional Court on suspicion of partiality of the judge Tomas Norstrom. Under Swedish law judgments do not take effect until all appeals are processed. In an appeal in 2010, the sentences were mitigated, so Sunde was sentenced to eight months in prison, however, recognized the overall compensation payment to 46 million Swedish kronor (about 5.2 million euros ). In early 2012 a further appeal petition by the Supreme Court Högsta domstolen was rejected, so that the judgment became final.
Parts of an interview with Sunde, in which he talks about copyright, the Internet and culture are included in the Steal This documentary film.
Flattr
Flattr is a social payment service, which was founded by Peter Sunde and Linus Olsson. It allows users to donate small amounts of money by clicking a " Flattr buttons " on web pages. At the time of announcement of the service in February 2010 declared Sunde, that the paid monthly grant is divided equally between the clicked buttons in the month. He also said: "We want to encourage people to give, just as content to share money ." In October 2010, he announced his resignation from the Board of Flattr known, he continues to work for Flattr.
Hemlis
" Hemlis " is the idea of an end-to- end encrypted private intelligence agency, which published Sunde together with Leif Högberg and Linus Olsson on 10 July 2013. The launched concurrently crowdfunding, in which they wanted to collect $ 100,000 for the development, was successfully concluded after three days and seven hours with 152 310 U.S. dollars.
Policy
At the 2014 European elections Sunde candidate in Finland for the local Pirate Party. The European Pirate Party ( PPEU ) nominated him together with the PPEU Chairman Amelia Andersdotter as candidates for the office of President.