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The Pirate Bay Takes Over Anti-Piracy Domain

Posted by kdawson on from the heads-will-roll dept.

palpatin writes to let us know that The Pirate Bay has now taken up residence at IFPI.com, a domain once owned by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The Pirate Bay says the site will now promote the International Federation of Pirates Interests. IFPI can still be reached at ifpi.org. Torrentfreak has up a brief interview with Brokep, one of the administrators of The Pirate Bay, who says: "It's not a hack, someone just gave us the domain name. We have no idea how they got it, but it's ours and we're keeping it."

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  1. Let me be the first to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr!

    1. Re:Let me be the first to say by clickclickdrone · · Score: 5, Funny

      Is this the first time a first post/anonymous coward combo has got anything other than an offtopic? Well done Sir!

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    2. Re:Let me be the first to say by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can see it now .... The new slashdot Meme .... "First YARRRRRRRRRR!"

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    3. Re:Let me be the first to say by SnoopJeDi · · Score: 2, Funny

      The moderators just think something offtopic is funny today.


      You must be new here.
  2. So Pirates have their Interests Protected... by snipingkills · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about those of us who are ninjas? Where is our coalition for the protection of our interests?

    1. Re:So Pirates have their Interests Protected... by tygerstripes · · Score: 4, Funny
      There are actually over 250 ninja-coalition domain names on the Interweb.

      You just can't see them.

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    2. Re:So Pirates have their Interests Protected... by daeg · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only because Pirates get better recognition. I live in Tampa, which happens to have a pirate celebration every year. I get to dress up as a pirate and I'm not seen as 'weird', I'm seen as 'cool'. Try that with a Ninja costume and you'll get maced, beaten, and jailed after a cop plants drugs on you (also called 'Saturday Night' if you're from Detroit).

    3. Re:So Pirates have their Interests Protected... by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Try that with a Ninja costume and you'll get maced, beaten, and jailed after a cop plants drugs on you

      Surely if you were dressed as a ninja, you'd be effectively invisible and they wouldn't know what to mace/beat/frame? :-)

      Still, knowing some ninjutsu is also recommended for those awkward "so you really can see me, huh?" moments...

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  3. Let's face the facts... by DanielJosphXhan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ninjas don't need to have their interests protected. They protect their own interests with a combo of martial arts and awesome.
     
    Pirates are weak sauce with their "associations". Ninjas don't have associations. Ninjas have bloodbaths.

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    1. Re:Let's face the facts... by l0cust · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ninjas don't have associations. Ninjas have bloodbaths.
      and bloodline limits.

      Not to mention the fact that pirates can't make awesome seals, what with a hook for a hand and all.
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  4. Sweet RIAA Defense by Cryophallion · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not a hack, someone just gave us the domain name. We have no idea how they got it, but it's ours and we're keeping it.

    Can I use that to explain the music on my computer?

    "Umm yeah, some guy gave me a cd of this music. I have no idea how he got it, but it's mine and I'm keeping it."

    Someone call Ray Beckerman - I think we have the new defense all worked out for him! I don't care if it was his to give or not - still my music as they gave it to me!

  5. And let me be the first to reply... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll be taking your mp3s mate! Harrr Harrr...

  6. huh? it looks like it's still for sale by metroplex · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you actually go visit ipfi.com , it says it's still for sale: The domain name www.ipfi.com is for sale Prices in the region of US$4675

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    1. Re:huh? it looks like it's still for sale by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      maybe you should visit www.lysdexic.com as well...

  7. Pirates are sweet and by sweet I mean awesome by jollyreaper · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see it now, Pirate Bay having the wind gauge, lufting up to the scurvy lubbers and giving them a full broadside of grape before setting the grapples and boarding, cutlasses flashing, pistols firing, blood in the scuppers. If they be called pirates, then by God, they be actin' like pirates! And don't nobody tell me they just paid a fee and transferred the domain legally, you'll totally harsh my visualization here.

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    1. Re:Pirates are sweet and by sweet I mean awesome by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sort of like the Crimson Permanent Assurance?

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  8. And from the other ifpi site... by N+Monkey · · Score: 2, Funny
    In news from

    Earlier today the New South Wales Police, together with Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) raided the home of an illegal trader of country music in Kelso near Bathurst, seizing in excess of 2,000 pirated CDs, ...

    Could his defence be, perhaps, to plead insanity? :D
  9. Re:Legality? by monkeyboythom · · Score: 5, Funny

    If by chance, someone managed to get say, riaa.com,

    You mean, if The Pirate Bay got a hold of it?
    well, sir, they would of course have it default to the Arrrrrrr-iaa.com site.

  10. Re:Time for a name change perhaps? by the_womble · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean when was the last time you actually saw let alone played a Phonograph?

    About the same time as they had a viable business model.
  11. PETA.org by shking · · Score: 2, Funny

    Reminds me of the mid-90's when "People Eating Tasty Animals" registered peta.org

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  12. Re:Legality? by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damnit, where am I meant to find my Asian Cutie Drunk Chicks now?

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  13. Irony by RomulusNR · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't it be TPB that has the .org (non-profit) and IFPI that has the .com (money-leeching corporate union)?

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