Peter Sunde, one of the founders of Pirate Bay claimed that they have already lost the battle (Photo : Reuters)

After being relentlessly sued by the music copyright holders, The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is now deciding to go on the offensive and sue the record labels for defamation.



The group of companies from the music industry has sued Sunde for a total of $400,000 which has been ordered by a court judge in Finland after he was not able to attend the hearings in order to defend himself. He claims that he should not be sued as he has nothing to do with The Pirate Bay's activities as he left the torrent site several years ago.




Copyright holders and various companies from the multimedia industry are often the enemies of torrent hosting sites. They claim that there are billions of dollars lost through the illegal pirating activities online.



Sunde is now planning to sue the record labels for defamation as he feels that he has been subject to harassment, Gizmodo has learned. The outcome of the upcoming legal battle seems obvious enough as there was no evidence presented that Sunde is still operating the The Pirate Bay.



Torrent sites are notorious for always getting in trouble with large corporations. Pirates still choose to download music, films, games and TV shows illegally as it is convenient and free.



Decided I will demand damages from the Finnish music industry for the harassment against me. I'll be back later with more info.

— Peter Sunde (@brokep) June 20, 2016







Another point given by Sunde is that he was not even aware that there was a case against him regarding The Pirate Bay, TorrentFreak reported. The Finnish branches of EMI, Warner Music, Universal Music and Sony Music Entertainment were the ones who sued Sunde in the first place and they will also be the ones answering the case that he is preparing.



Sunde said that people are already calling him a criminal even if he has not done anything in the previous months and years regarding The Pirate Bay. He blames the music labels for the defamation caused.



The Pirate Bay co-founder is hoping that the lawsuit will end the persistent and baseless allegations against him. Of course, Sunde will still benefit from the lawsuit as he is asking the labels to compensate him for the damage that has been wrongly done by the recent court order from Finland.

