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Pirate Bay Founder Sentenced To Jail

Posted by timothy on from the didn't-you-see-how-michael-nyquist-lived? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gottfrid Swartholm Warg — known also as Anakata — was on June 20th sentenced to two years imprisonment for data breaches and aggravated fraud by the District Court of Nacka in his native Sweden. It is unclear at this time wether the decision will be appealed to a higher court. Prison time in Sweden is generally served for two thirds of the time sentenced, if the person behaves well and the court finds no reason to abstain from the norm. Also, time spent in pre-trial confinement (swe: 'häkte') is deducted from the time sentenced. Warg was arrested in Cambodia in september of 2012, transferred to Sweden and ordered by court to remain in pre-trial confinement from September 14th, 2012."

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  1. And yet TPB lives by skaag · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find it amusing that while all this is going on, nobody is able to shut it down.
    Which is great because that's where I like to search for my Linux ISO images.

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    All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... time... to... die...

    1. Re:And yet TPB lives by sirber · · Score: 3, Funny

      Did you hear that whooshing sound when you replied?

      No sorry, I'm not on OSX.

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    2. Re:And yet TPB lives by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's like saying Lindsay Lohan was convicted for acting

      Which, all things considered, is not such a bad idea, which makes it a crappy analogy, though.

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  2. He can practise his Unix skills by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    /usr/sbin/chroot /jail sleep 1892160000

  3. Re:Look up Sweden's prison pictures on google.... by Twiggeh · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yep, and we make sure to feed our inmates more properly than our schoolkids. Our country is kinda backwards on alot of things.

  4. Re:If you do the math... by tripleevenfall · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll probably block Pirate Bay from his DOC-issued laptop. Can't have such a wide-open door for viruses and all.