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On Sunday 7th June, the Pirate Party - a Swedish political party whose core offering is the fundamental reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system - saw one of its candidates become a member of the European Parliament after elections held across the European Union
The four founders of The Pirate Bay have been found guilty of infringing copyright law by a Swedish court each founder has been jailed for one year and together they must pay total damages of £2.4m
