Pirate Bay Founders Lose Final Appeal

therufus writes "Sweden's Supreme Court announced its decision not to grant leave to appeal in the long-running Pirate Bay criminal trial. This means that the previously determined jail sentences and fines handed out to Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström will stand."

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Re:Gee, I wonder what Slashdot will think

[smelch]

Putting the pirate bay founders in jail is not based on locking down/censoring the internet any more than arresting the guy on the street selling bootlegs is. Being anti-piracy does not mean pro-SOPA. Monitoring "every single" thing on every site is impossible, but the Pirate Bay is named the Pirate Bay and there is a lot of evidence besides that indicating they encouraged and new about rampant copyright infringement. Black and white worldview indeed.