In a surprising twist to the Pirates versus Ninjas the MPAA story, the FBI and MPAA have joined forces to train a special group of Swedish anti-piracy police. Techdirt raises some important questions regarding this move, not the least of which is “How will the Ninjas and the Robots react to this move by the MPAA?”

First of all, which part of the “botching” required this response? Perhaps it’s the collateral damage issue — but, if that’s the case, why would the MPAA be involved at all? Even more importantly, why are the Swedish police taking its lessons from a private entity that is clearly biased, has been consistently wrong about the impact of piracy (remember when it insisted that VHS tapers were the Boston Strangler to the movie industry?) and doesn’t follow its own rules anyway? On top of that, why then is the FBI helping the MPAA if this is really a civil dispute rather than a criminal one?

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