The music industry's representatives did say that The Pirate Bay's operators "line their pockets by commercially exploiting music and other creative works without paying a penny to the people who created them". Unfortunately for TPB, this behaviour exploited several patents on exploiting music without paying the creators that were held by the BPI and RIAA.
From: DeathChicken | #003
Nice to know that Europe's economy is crashing, but they can still focus on the important things until the bitter end
You seem to have problems understanding basic division of powers in any sane system. This was a court case. What do you want a
court to do about an economic issue? Declare it illegal?