One could argue that it wasn't the company doing anything wrong. It was the CEO. The company is just an agreement on a piece of paper after all... So, the CEO

One could argue that it wasn't the company doing anything wrong. It was the CEO. The company is just an agreement on a piece of paper after all... So, the CEO is liable and goes to jail. Someone is willing to pay him big money for his paper despite that jail-issue. Why not? Are you saying his company should be absorbed by the gvt instead, the piratebay.org domain deleted forever? No, I think this part of the story is just about right (albeit I strongly disagree with the conviction in first place).