Star Pirate Bay Founders Found Guilty, Massive Fine, 1 Year in Jail
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 17th Apr 2009 11:15 UTC, submitted by csynt
Law and Order Old World 1, New World 0. The four defendants in the landmark The Pirate Bay case, taking place in Sweden, have all been found guilty, and sentenced to one year in jail. They also received a hefty fine of USD 3.58 million to 17 American media companies, among which are Warner Bros. Entertainment, MGM Pictures, Columbia Pictures Industries, Twentieth Century Fox Film, Sony BMG, Universal, EMI, Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, and Activision. The defendants have already stated they will appeal the decision.
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by hussam on Fri 17th Apr 2009 11:42 UTC
hussam
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Such penalties should be extended to all sites that index torrents that are of illegal nature. I can only hope that someday all warez/illegal content site managers will be put in jail.

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