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<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com///classifications/computing/internet-and-broadband/images/pirate-bay-200-200.jpg"> The co-founders of Pirate Bay have lost their appeal to have sentences against them quashed. Fredrik Nej, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom found out this week that they are still to be charged for running a site that <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/official-pirate-bay-have-lost-592928">advocates illegal file-sharing</A>. While the sentences of the men have been slightly reduced (Neij's sentence is now 10 months, Sunde's eight months and Lundstrom's four months) all of the convicted will have to pay higher fines. The fine that has to be paid has risen from $4.57 million to $6.57 million. Fine is final "The appeals court, like the district court, finds that the service Pirate Bay has facilitated illegal file sharing in a way which is punishable for those who carried out the service," said the court's statement. The Pirate Party believes that the court ruling will have no effect on the website, saying: "This doesn't mean anything for The Pirate Bay and it doesn't mean anything for similar sites. "File sharing is increasing every day and the only thing this means is that more and more people will try to hide what they are doing on the internet." Despite the high fines it is unlikely Sony BMG, Universal Music, EMI and Warner Brothers will see the money. Back <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/15-memorable-quotes-from-the-pirate-bays-peter-sunde-676735">in March</A>, Sunde said about the fines: "Nobody is going to pay anything – there is no money to pay. Nobody is interested in just giving money away to big corporations that are just greedy and stupid."

Pirate Bay founders lose court battle

The co-founders of Pirate Bay have lost their appeal to have sentences against them quashed. Fredrik Nej, Peter Sunde and Carl Lundstrom fou...