Court of appeal rejects retrial for Pirate Bay

June 26, 2009 Sweden's Court of Appeal has ruled the judge in the high-profile Pirate Bay copyright infringement case was not biased and has rejected calls by Pirate Bay founders for a retrial. Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Carl Lundstrom and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg -- guilty of assisting copyright infringement and sentenced them to a year in prison each and fines of around $3.8 million. The Court of Appeal rejected that claim, saying the judge could not be faulted for backing the rights of copyright holders, which are protected by the Swedish constitution.

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