Tweet The Pirate Bay Trial

The men behind The Pirate Bay want to use Twitter to turn coverage of their copyright-infringement trial into the largest crowd-sourced journalism project ever.

The four men who run The Pirate Bay want to turn coverage of their trial into the largest crowd-sourced journalism project ever, using Twitter. The trial proceedings begin on February 16 in Sweden.

The Pirate Bay is charged with violating Swedish copyright laws by facilitating the trading of copyrighted material and then making money off that trade by selling advertising on their site. The trial comes after a massive police investigation in 2006, when police raided the TBP office and confiscated some of their servers. The Pirate Bay says the site will survive regardless of whether the four founders are found guilty. The quartet who founded TBP could face up to two years in prison if found guilty.

The plan is to use Twitter's hashtag format, which will allow anyone to follow or help cover the case by tweeting or searching for "#spectrial" on Twitter. Hashtags act like keywords on Twitter, and allow you to easily find the content you are looking for.

Coverage for the trial is ...

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Ian Paul