Interwebs Recon
Pirate Bay goes legit?!
by deto on Jun.30, 2009, under Interwebs Recon
Seems the anchor on the mighty dragonboat is stuck in some rocks. Rumor has it that a company called Global Gaming Factory bought the swedish Pirate Bay for the amount of $7.8 million. Is the Pirate Bay following the footsteps of Napster? Will we soon buy content and download it via TPB? Is it another classic prank? Is the name ‘Pirate Bay’ really worth 7.8 millions? Well, if you are the RIAA that amount is a droplet on the boiling stone if you consider how much cash they lose due to pirated media.
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The Pirate Bay Trial – Upcoming
by deto on Feb.21, 2009, under Interwebs Recon
Background: On February 16th the trial of the well-known, swedish-based torrent platform “The Pirate Bay” started. TPB claims to be the largest cultural distribution network ever present in history. With the vertiginous number of 25 million peers this seems to be an undeniable fact. The team around TPB is accused to have broken numerous copyright laws and to have acted illegally. Several representatives of US companies are amongst the prosecutors as they have been trying to bring down the network before. What needs to be added is that The Pirate Bay does not conduct any illegal operations according to Swedish law – hence there is the common understanding that the lawsuit will most likely be unsuccessful…
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