BitTorrent “pirates” were found guilty by the Swedish court

On Friday Swedish court pronounced its judgment in the Pirate Bay case. The four defendants were found guilty of violating copyright laws. The verdict was handed down to four men behind BitTorrent tracker site this morning in a court in Stockholm.

"The Stockholm district court has today found guilty the four individuals that were charged with accessory to breaching copyright laws," the court said in a statement. "The court has sentenced each of them to one year in prison."

Apart from imprisonment these men were also ordered to pay 30 million Swedish crowns ($3.58 million) while big entertainment companies including Universal, MGM and Sony have been seeking damages of more than 100 million crowns ($12 million) in lost sales.

The Pirate Bay Co-founders Peter Sunde, Carl Lundström, Frederik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg announced that they are going to dispute the decision in a Court of Appeals.