Sweden’s Pirate Party wins EU seat

June 8th, 2009

The pro-internet file sharing Pirate Party yesterday scored a big win by securing a seat in the European parliament pulling in 7.1 per cent of votes in Sweden, gaining one MEP. Read more here

Pirate Bay founders sentenced

April 17th, 2009

Four men behind Swedish file-sharing site Pirate Bay have been found guilty of copyright infringement and sentenced to one year in jail. Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde, were also ordered to pay 30m kronor (£2.4m) in damages. Read more here