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Pirate Bay Trio Lose Appeal
nk497 writes "Three of the four founders of The Pirate Bay have lost an appeal against their conviction last year of helping to share copyrighted material. It wasn't a total waste of time, however. The three have had their one-year jail sentences cut to between four and ten months. (The fourth founder was too ill to appear in court, and will appeal separately.) The foursome also had their fine bumped from 32 million kronor ($4.5 million) to 46 million kronor ($6.5 million)."
Copyright infringement (theoretically) takes money out of the pockets of the holders
You got it all wrong.
Copyright holders want to take the money out of the peoples pockets.
Pirate bay help prevent that.
Yes, because we want to pay the extortionists and let them know that they've found a good source of income.