Some individuals who uploaded films using pseudonymous accounts wrote in the video description box on the Web page that they don't own a copyright.

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The hackers dug up and published the phone numbers of every EU Parliament member, then convinced the copyright-flouting Swedish download site the Pirate Bay to post a link on its home page, which received 20 million monthly visitors.

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