The Pirate Bay has announced that it will file a complaint to ask for compensation from the IFPI for the traffic which was destined for its site, but blocked by the Danish ISP Tele2. If they win, the money will be spent on funding independent artists who share their music for free on filesharing sites.

In February, a Danish court ordered the ISP “Tele2â€³ to block its customers from accessing The Pirate Bay. The decision, which is currently under appeal, once again heated the debate on ISPs Internet filtering.

The court case was initiated by the IFPI – the infamous anti-piracy organization that represents the recording industry. The IFPI later tried to use the “landmark decision” to force Swedish ISPs to do the same, but failed. In fact, it seems that filtering traffic to The Pirate Bay is actually illegal according to European law.

Pirate Bay’s Brokep told TorrentFreak that they will file a complaint, and ask for compensation for the time they were blocked in Denmark. The Pirate Bay already fought back by launching The Jesper Bay, giving affected customers detailed instructions on how to regain access to The Pirate Bay. However, they think that it is only fair to ask compensation for the inconvenience the IFPI block has cost .

The money, which will be managed by the Danish Piratgruppen, could be used to fund Danish artists who want to share their music, according to Brokep, who assured us that they will only ask for a reasonable amount of money, unlike the IFPI. “The grant will give out money to Danish aspiring artists for making music and releasing it for free. And all will be sponsored by IFPI since they tried to fuck those people over. Poetic justice.”

Strangely enough, The Pirate Bay was never heard in the IFPI vs. Tele2 case. “Nobody ever asked us what we think about the block, although it does affect only us and we’re the reason for the lawsuit,” brokep said.

This is not the first time The Pirate Bay has fought fire with fire, last year they took legal action against 10 major media companies, including Paramount Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Music Group, for using MediaDefender to sabotage their BitTorrent tracker.