With a new criminal investigation of the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay recently confirmed, its founders, who were convicted in 2009 of copyright infringement, have learned where they’ll be spending their sentences.
Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm will be held in three separate prisons in Sweden, even though Sunde’s lawyer had mentioned that their might be an appeal. It was also revealed yesterday that Carl Lundström, the millionaire who provided hosting for the Pirate Bay via his company Rix Telecom/Port80, will spending 4 months in a Swedish apartment with an electronic monitor, only being able to venture out to report to a government-assigned job.
Neij, Sunde and Svartholm will all be housed in ‘Category 2′ prisons. According to Chief Officer of Probation Helena Lundberg, “We (Sweden) have three levels of security and we have put them in institutions with normal security.” Neij, a.k.a TiAMO, will spent 10 months Kirseberg prison in Malmö, which holds 131 inmates and has 170 staff members. Svartholm, a.k.a Anakata, will spend 1 year in Mariefred prison near Stockholm, which holds 112 inmates and 90 staff. Though according to Sunde, Svartholm might be dead, as it was last reported that he was spending time in Cambodia, becoming a member of that country’s metal scene. Allegedly, Svartholm had injured himself headbanging. Right on. Sunde, a.k.a brokep, will serve out his 8 months in Västervik Norra, which has 262 inmates and 250 staff. Below is a shot of Kirseberg prison:
The founders were also fined $6.78 million dollars in damages, but Swedish authorities were only able to recover $33,149 from Lundström. The trio had always stated two things – that Hollywood and IFPI would get nothing from them, and that the Pirate Bay would never be taken offline. Regardless of the short sentences, it would appear the three delivered on their promises.