companies. The lay judge himself didn't feel biased because of his work, but prosecuting attorney Danowsky commented that anyone both judging the case and working for Spotify has a conflict of interest. Later on the same week, defense attorney Samuelsson submitted allegations to the appeal court of Ihrfelt and another professional judge being biased for their membership in the same interest groups judge Norström was investigated for. In the court's opinion, the judges' memberships did not constitute bias, whereas the lay judges's impartiality was questionable and he was dismissed. The court's decision was appealed, and in May 2010 the supreme court affirmed the appeal court's decision on the bias question. Parties Defendants Plaintiffs The criminal charges against The Pirate Bay are directly supported by the following prosecution witnesses: IFPI representing: Sony BMG Music Entertainment Sweden AB Universal Music AB Playground Music Scandinavia AB Bonnier Amigo Music Group AB EMI Music Sweden AB Warner Bros. Music Sweden AB Antipiratbyrån representing: Yellow Bird Films AB Nordisk Film Henrik Danstrup MAQS Law Firm Advokatbyrå KB representing: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc MGM Pictures Inc Columbia Pictures Industries Inc 20th Century Fox Films Co Mars Media Beteiligungs GmbH & Co Filmproduktions Blizzard Entertainment Inc Sierra Entertainment Inc Activision Publishing Inc Appeal After sentencing, the defendants decided to appeal the verdict of the first trial. The appeal started on 28 September 2010 and concluded on 15 October 2010. On 26 November 2010, the verdict was announced. In the verdict, the court found that “The Pirate Bay has facilitated illegal file sharing in a way that results in criminal liability for those who run the service.” Under the verdict, the sentences of three of the defendants would be reduced and the total fines would be increased. The fourth defendant, Gottfrid Svartholm, was not present at the time due to medical reasons. His time for appeal expired on 14 October 2011, and the original 2009 sentence became legally binding for him. The sentence from the appeal traded jail time for increased fines. After the initial trial, each defendant was to serve a year of jail time and pay fines just under one million dollars each. After the appeal, Fredrik Neij was sentenced to 10 months, Peter Sunde to eight months, and Carl Lundstrom to four months in prison. The Svea Court of Appeal decided to grant all Nordic companies their full request in compensation for copyright infringement due