Pirate bay co-founder to begin jail sentence in Sweden Warg failed to attend that hearing on the grounds of ill health but the Swedish court decided to uphold his sentence Cambodia and Sweden do not have an extradition treaty but the two countries had been in discussions over deporting Warg. The Pirate Bay was launched in 2003 and provides links to music and film files that are stored on other users' computers It claims to be the largest website of its kind, with more than four million trackers, and according to record labels generated up to $3m in advertising in October last year. Swedish subsidiaries of prominent music and film companies have taken the company to court claiming damages for lost revenue. In February, the High Court ruled that it illegally encourages users to infringe music copyright and major UK broadband providers have since blocked access to the site. The site defends its practice by claiming that no copyrighted material is stored on its servers and no exchange of files actually takes pace there so it cannot be held responsible for what material is being exchanged.