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The world has no more hated citizens right now (with the possible exception of carneys) than pirates, so we should all be cheering a court ruling that sends the four founders of The Pirate Bay to jail for a year, right? Wrong. These pirates aren't drugged-up Somalians; they're pasty Swedes. And they've taken no one hostage. Their crime is founding a Web site that helps people to illegally download copyrighted material using BitTorrent software. The four hilariously-named (Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi and Carl Lundstroem) men plan to appeal the ruling which also requires them to pay a $3.6 million fine, though they remain thankful that, unlike their (sea) pirate brethren, Navy SEALS weren't sent in to fill them full of lead.