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Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm freed from prison after three years | Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm freed from prison after three years |
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Gottfrid Svartholm, founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has been released from prison after serving three years for hacking and copyright offences. | Gottfrid Svartholm, founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has been released from prison after serving three years for hacking and copyright offences. |
Svartholm, also known as Anakata, has spent the last three years in prisons in Sweden and Denmark. | Svartholm, also known as Anakata, has spent the last three years in prisons in Sweden and Denmark. |
According to TorrentFreak, his release marks the end of a turbulent period “characterised by successive trials, appeals and convictions” in both his native Sweden and Denmark. | According to TorrentFreak, his release marks the end of a turbulent period “characterised by successive trials, appeals and convictions” in both his native Sweden and Denmark. |
Since 2008, he has been convicted of numerous crimes, including copyright violations and hacking, the Cryptosphere reports. | Since 2008, he has been convicted of numerous crimes, including copyright violations and hacking, the Cryptosphere reports. |
He was convicted last year in what Danish prosecutors called the country’s “biggest hacking case to date”. | He was convicted last year in what Danish prosecutors called the country’s “biggest hacking case to date”. |
Svartholm was sentenced for illegally accessing police and social security information of US technology firm CSC. He has denied any involvement in the hack. | Svartholm was sentenced for illegally accessing police and social security information of US technology firm CSC. He has denied any involvement in the hack. |
In August, he was released from a Danish jail and then immediately re-arrested and sent to Sweden to serve one remaining month of a prison sentence there, according to Business Insider. | In August, he was released from a Danish jail and then immediately re-arrested and sent to Sweden to serve one remaining month of a prison sentence there, according to Business Insider. |
Svartholm received a lot of support from the public during his time in prison, while his mother Kristina Svartholm set up a Facebook page calling for the release of her son. | Svartholm received a lot of support from the public during his time in prison, while his mother Kristina Svartholm set up a Facebook page calling for the release of her son. |
Svartholm and his family said they preferred not to make any public statements yet. | Svartholm and his family said they preferred not to make any public statements yet. |
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