A brief look at three tech news stories that have grabbed our attention at Speed this week.

The Pirate Bay
The four defendants in the Swedish trial of notorious BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay have been found guilty and sentenced to a year in prison and $3.6m fine. (The Guardian)

Ebay to spin-off Skype
Ebay announced this week that it plans to spin off Skype with a 2010 initial public offering. (The Financial Times)

In a Galaxy far, far away…Strathclyde
The BBC reports that eight Strathclyde police officers and two of its civilian staff have claimed their religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms. Okay, so it’s not REALLY a tech story, but we still enjoyed it. (The BBC)