Back in April, the four men behind Swedish-based file-sharing site Pirate Bay were found guilty of copyright violation, fined $4.5 million, and sentenced to a year in jail. But as the appeals process grinds on, the site continues to operate as before, even thought it’s been bought by Global Gaming Factory, which spent $7 million on it, intending to turn it into a legal pay service.
It’s all apparently become too much for the major Hollywood studios. 13 of them, including Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios, have banded together to file a lawsuit intended to shut down the site.
