A community portal about File sharing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: File sharing is the practice of making files available for other users to download over the Internet and smaller networks. Usually file...
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A community portal about File sharing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: File sharing is the practice of making files available for other users to download over the Internet and smaller networks. Usually file sharing follows the peer-to-peer model, where the files are stored on and served by personal computers of the users. Most people who engage in file sharing are also downloading files that other users share. Sometimes these two activities are linked together. P2P File sharing is distinct from file trading in that downloading files from a P2P network does not require uploading, although some networks either provide incentives for uploading such as credits or force the sharing of files being currently downloaded.
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After losing the court case, after the multiple attacks against the site , after the buyer for the site waffling , and now with th e loss of its primary ISP , is it time for the Pirate Bay to simply fade into Bittorrent lore? I know this will upset many who use Bittorrent, but it is a question worth asking, is the fight still worth fighting.
The Pirate Bay is/was the most important site in bittorrent; quite simply it was a one stop... Read Full Story
Swedish Internet Service Provider (ISP) Black Internet on Wednesday said that they will appeal the decision of the court to temporarily close down file-sharing website The Pirate Bay at the Stockholm District Court, saying that the issue of peer-to-peer file-sharing websites is a “very important question that ISP should not lay down just like that.”
In a statement, Black Internet chief executive office Victor Moller said that the decision of the court is controversial and ISP should not... Read Full Story
Thirteen movie studios including Disney, Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios are suing to shut down The Pirate Bay saying that the site is continuing to infringe their copyrights Filesharing site The Pirate Bay is being sued by 13 Hollywood studios - which are calling it to be closed. The site's operators, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, and Carl Lundström, who was accused of funding it, were found guilty in April after a copyright trial in Sweden. One appeal has... Read Full Story
The prospected buyer of the popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay on Wednesday said that it is now “uncertain” of the reported takeover, stressing that “the acquisition has been rendered difficult.”
In a statement, small Swedish-based software firm Global Gaming Factory X said that the planned $8.6 million or 60 million kronor buyout of The Pirate Bay may no longer be amenable for the company, saying that they could no longer evaluate if the acquisition will take place.
“It has... Read Full Story
The Pirate Bay has been front and center of the blog and mainstream tech news cycle over the last month, ever since the site’s founders announced they had found a buyer . Hardly a day goes by without new and oftentimes conflicting reports about the impending sale. First it’s off , then back on . One day the site’s founders seem to get out of P2P, the next it appears they’re trying to take it to the next level. Also conflicting are reports about the Bay’s new business model. Is it weird and... Read Full Story
Wayne Rosso, the long-time outspoken P2P exec, pulled out of efforts to reformulate The Pirate Bay earlier this week, as first reported by CNET . Swedish public company Global Gaming Factory had announced yet-to-be-executed plans to acquire the enormous legally troubled file sharing site and tracker last month. Rosso explained to us this week that he walked away because, “The the deeper the discussions got with [Global Gaming CEO Hans] Pandeya the more obvious it became that there was a lack... Read Full Story
When we heard that The Pirate Bay is being sold and is going legit, we were skeptical; it seemed nearly impossible to pull out. But even our skepticism didn’t match the problems with the sale together with the onslaught of lawsuits which seem to be coming from every corner of the world, even more so now than before.
Now, TorrentFreak reports that the Italian RIAA, or FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) and FPM (Federation against Musical Piracy) will sue The Pirate Bay’s Peter... Read Full Story
Pirate Bay , a site that “helps users commit copyright infringement’ is now under more heavy fire than ever with ruling made by a Dutch court ordering all access to the site be shut off in the Netherlands within the next ten days.
The case was made against the sites three founders who were not even present, nor aware of the proceedings. When they found they sent a letter to have the ruling dismissed as they are currently seeking to make an appeal.
As it stands, if they do not comply... Read Full Story
