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The Pirate Bay To Create YouTube Competitor

Posted by kdawson on from the torrential dept.

Jared writes "The Pirate Bay has confirmed that is working on a streaming video site with user-generated content. A spokesman said the site will be modeled after YouTube but there will be 'no censorship': The Pirate Bay 'will not be the moral police' and determine what content stays or goes as is oftentimes the case with YouTube. He added that 'the community will have to do that.'" The site will be at thevideobay.org, but nothing is up there for the public yet.

18 of 232 comments (clear)

  1. Ironically by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their version of YouTube will have no copyright infringement.

    1. Re:Ironically by BakaHoushi · · Score: 5, Funny

      If their name is any indication, they'll travel the seas, attacking any and every Bandwidth Ship that journeys by. Their fearless captain at the helm, they'll be like the Robin Hood of the seas and the Internet. For too long have the Bandwidth Barons held the vast majority of the Internets, and preventing the peasants from using theirs as they will. TV episodes and music clips for all who need them!

    2. Re:Ironically by Dragon+By+Proxy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ahhh, this sparks memories of the Crimson Personal Assurance...

      Terrors, one and all, I tell ye.

  2. Paedophiles by Threni · · Score: 2, Funny

    If child porn (posted by RIAA/MPAA minions) doesn't get PirateBay shut down, nothing will.

  3. The site will be hosted on Sealand, by markov_chain · · Score: 5, Funny

    will run on Hurd web servers, and the first 1000 registered users will get free copies of Duke Nukem Forever!

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  4. Re:No censorship? Or no blame for censorship? by glwtta · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, in practice, I bet there'll be little difference between the end product and YouTube.

    There'll be more porn. More, weirder porn. I'm looking forward to it.

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  5. Awww yeah! by erroneus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thousands of young exhibitionist females out there making videos of their lovlies for all to see!!!

  6. Niche Porn by EnsilZah · · Score: 2, Funny

    Niche porn if you will, like beating off a dead horse. (Shamelessly taken from a post i saw today)
    Oh please, can this be a new Slashdot meme? Pretty please?

    1. Re:Niche Porn by mux2000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Stop it man, you're beating off a dead horse.

    2. Re:Niche Porn by Alsee · · Score: 2, Funny

      Link?

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  7. Re:Is this legal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because there is no such thing as censorship in North Korea.

  8. In related news... by Gerocrack · · Score: 2, Funny

    "In a marked change of approach, the RIAA and MPAA recently fired their entire legal staff, and began purchasing surpluss cruise missles from the US military."

  9. Re:pr0n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, like people with clothes, what kind of sick person would upload that in those sites

  10. Re:pr0n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Way to go asshole, you slashdotted PornoTube. Now what am I going to do for the rest of the night?

  11. Re:this is a non-event by acidrain · · Score: 3, Funny

    One last thing: Can I be the first to coin the term "The Pervert Bay."

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  12. Re:Update to sneak preview by Falkentyne · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can also download some of the sample uploaded vids, but some are VERY weird.. probably nsfw.. you have been warned!
    http://video01.thevideobay.org/vids/38.flv (replace "38" with any number)
    All I can say to that link is.. tiamostyle!

    BTW they like to be called Little People you insensitive clods!
  13. what's in a name by stonedcat · · Score: 1, Funny

    YouPirate

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  14. No, not Sealand by CrimsonScythe · · Score: 3, Funny

    They'll probably locate the servers in Arrrgentina, Arrrmenia, and Arrruba.

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