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The courts have upheld the convictions of the Pirate Bay founders and, making matters worse, they increased their fines to $6.5 million (up from $4.5M). The only break the Pirate Bay crew got was a reduction in prison time from a year down to “4 to 10 months.”
A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld the copyright convictions of three men behind The Pirate Bay, a popular file-sharing site that remains in operation despite attempts by authorities to shut it down. However, the appeals court reduced their prison sentences from one year each to between four and 10 months and raised the amount they have to pay in damages to the entertainment industry to 46 million kronor.