Quote - As for jailing the operators of pirate bay being unjust, I really don't think so.
And I kinda see it like them helping to distribute stolen property, in  the US if you do so knowingly that will land you in jail just as much as as stealing the stuff to begin with, and when I lived in Germany and worked there that was the same case and I can not imagine Sweden is much different but I'll ask my friend who works law enforcement in Sweden.
Now I will not believe, not even for one moment that the founders and operators did not know what was being shared on the network, and ignorance is no excuse, they provided a platform for people to meet and commit copyright crimes on and did not cease operations or find a way to ensure that people did not use their site to "fence off stolen goods".

I'ms sorry but by that logic they should have outlawed Pawnbrokering years ago! And yet Pawnshops still exist all across the USA  and continue to sell "HOT" merchandise! On top of that, what with all the high prices on metal these days, Metal buyers in my city have all been forced to record all of their buyers because with all the forclosures, vacant homes are being stripped of their copper wire and tubing across the city. We can't jail the metal merchants for providing an outlet to theives to sell stolen metal!