FOUR men behind the world famous file-sharing site Pirate Bay were convicted yesterday of breaking Sweden’s copyright law by helping millions of users freely download music, movies and computer games on the internet.

The entertainment industry won round one in a legal battle against a hugely popular internet music, games and film-sharing site today when four men accused of running it were jailed for a year.

Four men linked to the popular Pirate Bay file-sharing site were jailed today after being convicted of breaking copyright law.

Four men behind the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay went on trial today accused of helping millions of users worldwide break copyright law.