Music Executive Ridiculed at Pirate Bay Trial

"Kennedy answered an affirmative "Yes" to Pirate Bay defense attorneys when asked whether that was true. Bursting laughter could be heard from the audio room beside the courtroom where the trial's sound was being broadcast.

"The sleek executive, flown from London, was clad in a grayish-blue tailored suit and sported a helmet of stiff, reddish blown-dried hair. Or maybe it was a wig.

"He explained that the IFPI is the industry organization of the record companies responsible for coordinating anti-piracy activities around the world and lobbying governments to pass laws making it easier to ding infringers."

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