Four men behind Swedish file-sharing site Pirate Bay have been found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to one year in jail. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde, were also ordered to pay 30m kronor (£2.4m) in damages.
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Pirate Bay founders sentenced
Four men behind Swedish file-sharing site Pirate Bay have been found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to one year in jail. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde, were also ordered to pay 30m kronor (£2.4m) in damages. Read more here
17 Apr 09
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