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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, in a landmark case. | |
| 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." |
| It is almost certain that The Pirate Bay will keep on sailing, long after today's court judgement href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/04/pirate_bay_beached_but_not_sun.html"> Read more at the dot.life blog | |
| 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. |
| Speaking to the BBC, the chairman of industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) John Kennedy said the verdict sent out a clear message. | |
| "These guys weren't making a principled stand, they were out to line their own pockets. There was nothing meritorious about their behaviour, it was reprehensible. | |
| "The Pirate Bay did immense harm and the damages awarded doesn't even get close to compensation, but we never claimed it did. | |
| The Pirate Bay's first server is now a museum exhibit in Stockholm | |
| "There has been a perception that piracy is OK and that the music industry should just have to accept it. This verdict will change that," he said. | |
| 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. | The four indicated earlier this week that they would appeal if convicted. |