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The Pirate Bay Finds Permanent Home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sphere-of-invulnerability-rank-one dept.

SlashRating© 8675309 slashdottit! tm C4st13v4n14 writes "The Pirate Bay finally gets permanent hosting and immunity against foreign copyright holders." No clue how long this latest arrangement will hold out, or if copyright holders will be able to touch them while they are hosted in their new location. I wonder what the deal looked like to get this done. Strange bedfellows indeed.

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  1. Obligatory joke by broothal · · Score: 5, Funny

    In north Korea, april fools you!

  2. In other news from Europe... by Budenny · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Independent reported the exciting discovery of a viagra like substance in East European heather flowers. Garden Centres across the UK are being besieged by men of all ages.....

    http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/ar ticle2411405.ece

  3. SlashRating by DaveM753 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Jenny, I got you number on the wall.

    1. Re:SlashRating by kripkenstein · · Score: 2, Funny

      For those that don't know what that means, look here.

  4. Re:On that note... by slashbob22 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm waiting for the next article to be something along the lines of "RIAA Chairman caught with 65,000 downloaded music albums -- music community in uproar" Indeed! They should be sharing like everyone else.
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  5. Re:Ewww by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, by slashdot standards this was a pretty good one.

  6. Re:On that note... by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and the only reason that they weren't found out yet is that they were (greedy, selfish bastards that they are) leeching only without offering any upload.

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  7. Not really a surprise by sam_handelman · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the only stuff you read is US propoganda, you'd think that Kim Jong Il is some kind of tyrant.

      What we don't know here in the west - because our massive corporate overlords don't want us to know it! - is that Kim Jong Il has long been a champion of freedom of expression and fundamnental human rights, not only in the DPRK, but on the world stage. Given his principled belief in freedom of expression (a right which, if universally protected on principle, obviously renders copyright moot in a digital era) it's no surprise that he would intervene to ensure that the Pirate Bay could stay in operation.

      Just because the guy's funny looking and kinda weird, we allow this Thomas Jefferson of the far east to be demonized in all of our media. As Nerds, you'd think we could look past his obsession with campy movies, use of hair gel, and love of inter-racial threeways - after all, we're just as quirky, or we wouldn't be on slashdot. It's a real shame how we perpetrate these kinds of stereotypes against this stalwart champion of liberty.

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  8. why did kim go for it? by OiToTheWorld · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because hes so ronrery hes so ronery So ronery So ronery and sadry arone There's no one Just me onry Sitting on his rittle throne He works very hard and make up great prans But nobody ristens, no one understands Seems that no one takes him serirousry And so hes ronery A little ronery Poor rittre him There's nobody he can rerate to Feer rike a bird in a cage It's kinda sihry But not rearry Because it's fihring his body with rage he works rearry hard to stay nice and fit But none of the women seem to give a shit When he rures the world maybe they'rr notice me But untir then hell just be ronery Rittre ronery, poor rittre me hes so ronery hes so ronery...