Tencent Technology News (Yuetong) On February 2, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, the Swiss High Court has decided that it has no intention of hearing the appeal filed by the four founders of Pirate Bay. This also means that the prison sentences and fines imposed by the court on the four founders of the "Pirate Bay" website will be complied with.
The four co founders involved in the Pirate Bay case are Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfried Svartholm and Carl Lundstrom.
In November 2010, the Swedish Court of Appeal ruled that the founders of the "Pirate Bay" website, who were accused of suspected copyright infringement, still committed three major crimes, although the defendants did reduce their sentences through hard measures, rather than the sentences sentenced in 2009. In addition, the defendants were fined millions of dollars to the plaintiff.
According to the trial results, Sander will face 8 months' imprisonment; Nigel will face 10 months' imprisonment; Lundstrom will also face four months in prison. In addition, they must pay $6.8 million in tort compensation. Another defendant involved in the case, Gottfried, will also face a year in prison.
For these trials, Per E Samuelsson, the lawyer acting for Lundstrom, said that he was very disappointed that the Swedish High Court had no intention to investigate and analyze the above-mentioned judicial disputes.
However, one of the defendants said that he would appeal to the European Court of Justice, but this action would not prevent the implementation of the above trial results. Of course, this does not mean that these co founders of Pirate Bay website will definitely go to jail. In fact, the Swedish judicial system often commutes the sentence of those who have served more than five years, often one year. Therefore, the founders of Pirate Bay website can also apply for commutation, but the final result will depend on the court.
Ironically, the "Pirate Bay" website is still online, and the website itself has not been adjudicated in this legal dispute. However, after the decision of the Swedish High Court was announced, the Pirate Bay website again pointed to the ". se" domain name, mainly because the website feared that the US police might seize the website.
