[Kosh]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060815-7502.html

This perpetual game of cat and mouse pits the deep pockets of the media industry against the ingenuity and massive numbers of the filesharing community. Relakks, a commercial darknet service developed by the Swedish Pirate Party is the latest manifestation of this digital arms race

Located in Sweden and built entirely without American software "for security reasons," the Relakks service emphasizes legal protection as well as technological protection.

Cookies for the Swedes.......

[BlackDove]

Hi There!
We have been completely overwhelmed by the interest in our services. Whilst we are extremely happy about this, our vpn-servers aren't. Neither is our banking partner. Both are having an extremely hard time keeping up with the interest. This manifests itself in two ways:

   1. Payments are denied for no apparent reason.
   2. Performance on the vpn-servers isn't good enough.

We are working with our partners to solve these matters, but in the meantime we can only ask you to not loose faith - we'll fix the problems.

Thanks for your patience!

Relakks

That's from the .com

It seems like it'll be a big thing here. **** even I might get behind it just to cloak myself for the hell of it, if I can get the money to pay for it.

[Col. Fishguts]

Haha, I've read a few months ago that darknets were under development, didn't think they woul dpop up so fast.

If the thing works and a good portion of the p2p community switches over to it ....well the RIAA will have a few headaches.

[Fury]

RELAKKS is a company incorporated in Sweden. The service is basically a Swedish broadband subscription offered over the Internet. This means that the legal framework mainly consists of the The Electronic Communications Act 2003 389. What will this mean if:

• Swedish authorities or,
• Other organization or individuals

demands access to information protected by RELAKKS?

RELAKKS Safe Surf enjoys the strongest legal protection possible under Swedish Law because of the service type (pre-paid flat-rate service). This means that RELAKKS do not have to keep an ordinary customer database (to be able handle transactions etc.). This is of importance if forced to hand over information.

If Swedish authorities can prove beyond reasonable doubt that they have a case for demanding subscription information from RELAKKS (they have to be of the opinion that if convicted the user will be imprisoned – fined not enough).

RELAKKS then have to hand over the subscription information entered by you (but that’s all). RELAKKS do not store any subscription information about you except what you entered yourself when signing up for the RELAKKS Safe Surf service.

For Swedish authorities to force RELAKKS to hand over “traffic data” including your RELAKKS IP at a specific point in time, they will have to prove a case with the minimum sentence of two years imprisonment.

Regarding inquires from other organisations or individuals than Swedish authorities RELAKKS will never turn over any kind of information.

[Kosh]

Copywrite infringement != jail time.

[Ferret]

I've never tried Darknet. Might have to. I love the Swedish PP.

[Mefustae]

1337speak in the thread title != Not annoying whatsoever.

[Kazan]

1337speak in the thread title != Not annoying whatsoever.

your sense of humor is not functioning, you require servicing

[Mefustae]

Yeah, yeah, it's been that way all day.