A supporter of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, waves a Jolly Roger flag during a demonstration in Stockholm April 18 2009, as Sweden's Pirate Party chairman and founder Rickard Falkvinge talks to the crowd in the background. A Swedish court handed down a guilty verdict and a year in prison on Friday to all four defendants in a copyright test case involving The Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites. The verdict could be a step toward helping music and film companies seeking to recoup millions of dollars in revenues lost through illegal downloads. The court also ordered the defendants to pay just over 30 million Swedish crowns ($3.58 million). Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

A supporter of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, waves a Jolly Roger flag during a demonstration in Stockholm April 18 2009, as Sweden's Pirate Party chairman and founder Rickard Falkvinge talks to the crowd in the background. A Swedish court handed down a guilty verdict and a year in prison on Friday to all four defendants in a copyright test case involving The Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing websites. The verdict could be a step toward helping music and film companies seeking to recoup millions of dollars in revenues lost through illegal downloads. The court also ordered the defendants to pay just over 30 million Swedish crowns ($3.58 million).

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