Pirate bay-linked businessman dies in Slovenia plane crash
Slovenian police confirmed on Wednesday to AFP that they found a body -- 'likely of the pilot, a Swedish citizen' -- but declined to identify him pending forensic research.
The plane crashed into a wooden cabin in the Velika Planina area of northern Slovenia on Monday, but bad weather prevented rescuers from recovering the body until Tuesday.
Swedish far-right party Alternative for Sweden said in a post that Lundstroem had died in the accident.
'Lundstroem, a legend and veteran of Swedish nationalism, died in a plane crash on Monday,' the post said.
Lundstroem, 64, had taken off with his Mooney M20 aeroplane from Croatia's capital Zagreb heading for Zurich in Switzerland, it added.
Lundstroem was the grandson of the founder of the world's largest crispbread producer Wasabroed.
Founded in 2003, The Pirate Bay allows users to dodge copyright fees and share music, film and other files through peer-to-peer links offered on the site.
He owned the internet provider that hosted Pirate Bay.
One of the co-founders Fredrik Neij 'put The Pirate Bay in the companies data centers without really asking for permission,' another co-founder, Peter Sunde, told AFP. He 'also made sure that the bandwidth was not really accounted for.'
'Basically we stole bandwidth and electricity from Carl's company. When he found out, because Fredrik had also unknowingly to any of us, also 'borrowed' another server from Carl's company, he laughed about it and said it was ok since he liked that The Pirate Bay made people upset and 'stirred the pot a bit',' Sunde said, adding that he regretted that Pirate Bay came to be associated with Lundstroem.
Sweden has repeatedly tried to put an end to The Pirate Bay's activities.
Swedish courts have already handed down prison sentences and heavy fines to Lundstroem and other people associated with the site.
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