Pirate Bay's founders sentenced to one year in jail

2009-04-17T16:47:00

A court in Stockholm has today ruled against the four operators of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, saying they are guilty of contributing to copyright infringement and sentencing each to one year in prison. Copyright holders in the film and music industry cheered the decision.

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