The four men behind Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious service for illegally sharing music, movies and software, have been convicted by a Swedish court. But they still see themselves outside the law.

Pirate Bay has gained global notoriety through its incursion onto Facebook over the past month, where it posted links to its service, which tracks BitTorrent hosts for illegally sharing files - essentially providing an index to free content all over the net (Facebook banned Pirate Bay on April 9, two weeks after it first appeared).