The newspaper Dagens Industri (Daily Industry) while commenting on the recent file sharing case in Sweden wrote:
“In this folder there was alleged to be so called RAR-files. RAR is a standard commonly used by pirates to pack films.” My translation Swedish quote and link to article below.
I am always impressed by lack of technical knowledge displayed in the media and terrified by the lack of knowledge displayed by the courts.
Online quote “I den mappen ska sÃ¥ kallade RAR-filer ha funnits. RAR är en standard som brukar användas av pirater för att packa filmer.” di.se