WOW they really got nailed. From reading alot of previous articles I don't think anyone saw it as coming down as this hard. They did say prior to the trial they would appeal any conviction. They also said that either way Pirate Bay will continue since the servers were scattered across the world and not in Sweden. You can read our original story here: ARRRRR...Yo Ho Ho

SO you can read about the conviction that was JUST handed down here:

4 convicted in Pirate Bay file-sharing trial

STOCKHOLM – Four men behind popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay were convicted Friday of breaking Sweden's copyright law by helping millions of users freely download music, movies and computer games on the Internet.

In a landmark ruling, the Stockholm district court sentenced Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij and Carl Lundstrom to one year each in prison.

They were also ordered to pay damages of 30 million kronor ($3.6 million) to a series of entertainment companies, including Warner Bros, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and Columbia Pictures.