Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 17th Apr 2009 11:15 UTC, submitted by csynt
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 
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by jimbofluffy on Fri 17th Apr 2009 14:24
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I agree with that pirating copyrighted material is against the law(for distribution beyond "fair use", like between family members). However one has to have some kind of perspective like someone said, it is in the eyes of the court more bad to share a movie that to rape a little girl... Thats absurd. Anyway TPB didnt actually share the material, one can argue tho that they aided the crimes(they were sentenced for aiding) but as one that followed the trail I cant beleive that they got a conviction with the incompetense of the prosecution...