Prosecutors had to drop the charge of assisting copyright infringement for the lesser charge of assisting making available copyrighted material, with reference to 33 specific files. 'It's strange for the IFPI to say it supports innovation when a lot of those leftfield services have paved the way for the new startups who have played with those ideas with and created legitimate businesses from them.' But it is a very focused, very strong, unique and distinctive proposition that has caught people's eye. Obviously, as a startup, we are keen to make sure artists get paid and the licencing issues are sorted and it's a shame Pirate Bay couldn't make their service more legitimate. How will the music startup space respond to this enthusiasm for embracing new and innovative business models? Ben Perreau, chief executive and co-founder of Gigulate, said: 'Technologists see Pirate Bay as representing innovation. It's a great service that offers great value but sites like that cannot flourish if its competition is free.' There are more than 400 legal sites worldwide, and one great site getting a lot of attention at the moment is Spotify. 'Common sense is the new currency,' he told me. John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, insisted that the music industry has done its best to explore legal variations of file-sharing as well as other new business models. It's a landmark, certainly, but one that raises more questions than it answers.ДЄware that the case has been polarised into the new, popular tech crowd versus faceless big media business, the consortium has been quick to use the verdict as a way of endorsing legal tech startups. They will appeal, but the consortium of 17 media and music companies behind the prosecution will be crowing over their victory for years. Pirate Bay's four co-founders face one year in prison and a $905,000 fine each.

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