Radiodays secures Pirate Bay CEO

The upcoming Radiodays Europe conference has secured the services of Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde, who believes radio is the future.

Peter, along with 40 other speakers from 16 countires will address the European radio industry in March at the new event in Copenhagen.

”Forget Copyright!” says Peter, who has 22 million users a month on his file sharing network, the Pirate Bay.

”Content is no longer associated with paper, records, cassettes or CDs. It is now digital files which can be easily copied and shared over the net, and it will be available for free anywhere. The music industry may try by all means to control it, but it won’t work. There will always be ways for intelligent users to get around the controls”, says Sunde. His prophecies for the music industry are rather gloomy, but he believes strongly in a bright future for radio.

”In a world increasingly dominated by information overflow we need help to sort out the new, relevant and interesting bits of content. I think radio will be even more important in the years to come – as an intelligent filter, a trusted guide and a good companion in our daily lives”, says Peter Sunde.

In April 2009, Peter Sunde and three partners were found guilty of: ”assisting (others) in copyright infringement”. They were sentenced to a year in prison and to pay 3 million Euro each to the music and film industries as compensation for lost profits. The verdict has been appealed to a higher court but the appeal trial has not been held yet. However, the big question is whether and how the music industry – and other producers of content – can win the copyright case in the long run.

Sunde will tell the whole inside story about Pirate Bay from the very beginning until today. Find out more and book tickets here.