The Pirate Bay dropped the dime on an anti-piracy agency it claims illegally copied system files to create a "fraudulent parody site."

The Pirate Bay, as you may already know, is the world's largest file sharing site, and as its name suggest it has a certain propensity toward, shall we say, content that is not necessarily respectful of the copyright laws of the land. But while it doesn't have much respect for copyright, it has even less respect for those who disrespect copyright in the name of copyright. The Pirate Bay alleges that Finland's Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Center unlawfully used some of its materials to create a parody site - piraattilahti.fi, complete with a sinking galleon - and so it called the police.

"While The Pirate Bay may have a positive view on copying, it will not stand by and watch copyright enforcing organizations disrespect copyright," The Pirate Bay said in a press release. "It's funny that we have to teach the copyright lobby the meaning of the law. The fact that they wrote it doesn't mean that they are above it."

The Pirate Bay claimed the CPIAC "is not new to balancing on the edge of what's right and wrong," noting that the group instigated a police raid in 2012 against a nine-year-old girl who had downloaded music from the internet, which resulted in the confiscation of her Winnie the Pooh laptop.

"CIAPC is like an ugly high school bully without friends," the statement said. "It's time to take a stand. Cyber bullying is a serious matter to us all."

The Pirate Bay also pledged that any financial award it wins as a result of this case will go toward replacing the girl's laptop.

Source: The Pirate Bay