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| Pirate Bay founders found guilty | Pirate Bay founders found guilty |
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| A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website. | A court in Sweden has jailed four men behind The Pirate Bay (TPB), the world's most high-profile file-sharing website. |
| Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail. | Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail. |
| They were also ordered to pay 30m kronor (£2.4m) in damages. | They were also ordered to pay 30m kronor (£2.4m) in damages. |
| In a Twitter posting, Mr Sunde said: "Nothing will happen to TPB, this is just theatre for the media." | In a Twitter posting, Mr Sunde said: "Nothing will happen to TPB, this is just theatre for the media." |
| Mr Sunde went on to say that he "got the news last night that we lost". | Mr Sunde went on to say that he "got the news last night that we lost". |
| "It used to be only movies, now even verdicts are out before the official release." | "It used to be only movies, now even verdicts are out before the official release." |
| The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia Pictures. | The damages were awarded to a number of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI, and Columbia Pictures. |
| The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals. | The Pirate Bay is the world's most high profile file-sharing website and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals. |
| Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day. | Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day. |
| No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; instead the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers. | No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; instead the site hosts "torrent" links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers. |
| The four indicated earlier this week that they would appeal if convicted. |