Last Pirate Bay co-founder released from prison

Gottfrid Svartholm, also known as Anakata, released from prison three years after his arrest in Cambodia

A co-founder of the Pirate Bay has been released from prison after serving three years for copyright and hacking offences.

Gottfrid Svartholm was initially convicted in 2011, when his involvement with the bittorrent site led to a one-year prison sentence handed down in Stockholm, Sweden. Svartholm, also known as Anakata online, had been found guilty in absentia alongside three of his Pirate Bay colleagues for copyright infringement. He had avoided the trial, and no-one, including his lawyer, knew his whereabouts.