Who's Biased?!

I said that the judge in The Pirate Bay trial came off as somebody who was under the influence of the RIAA, and that somebody would probably attack him. Turns out that the attack was more of a shot at his character rather than his life (definitely a good thing).

Seems as if the judge wasn't exactly in the RIAA's pocket - more like the judge was pre-copyright (heavily so) and was an activist demanding stricter copyright laws. In addition, one of the secondary judges when the trial started was also pro-copyright, and was summarily removed from the case BY this judge as "biased." The lawyers of The Pirate Bay aren't going to let this go, taking the opportunity to demand a retrial.

I don't know if this is going to work - the system seems pretty broken, so trying to play by the rules may not amount to much, but we'll see how this unfolds.

Also, next long "feature article" will likely be about website usability and design. So look forward to that.