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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.
Yes, #anakata is free now. No more need to call for #freeanakata. Thank you everyone for your important support during these three years!
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.