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The Pirate Bay Facing "Old Fashioned" Pressure
Jety writes "Ars Technica has an article reporting that The Pirate Bay is facing legal pressure from a new front. A wealthy musician with a track record for going head-to-head with record labels and little kids is now joining the queue to take a legal swing at TPB. What I find particularly interesting about this article is the description of the 'camera-toting investigators following [The Pirate Bay admins] around in cars marked with Danish plates.' One TPB admin asks, '"What do they think they can find out by following us around? Everything we do is digital.'"
I think that they COULD find out what they do by following them around. But the years of training of these pirates has turned them into a ninja/pirate combination, taking the best from both worlds, ending the age-old argument, and allowing them to stay concealed.
That's game. Blouses win.
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Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
It's good to know that in Sweden cops have options beyond boxes of donuts. ;P
Dear TPB Admin,
We have your limited edition Star Wars Princess Leia figurine still in its original packaging. You do what we tell you when we tell you unless you want something....bad to happen to her. Just so you know what we're serious we have sent you the packaging from your original Jabba the Hut figurine.
MAFIAA
"Some books contain the machinery required to create and sustain universes."-Tycho
Duh, they're trying to catch you stealing all that music and software!
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
We have your limited edition Star Wars Princess Leia figurine still in its original packaging.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
The
Artist
Formerly
Known
As
Prince
Takes
A
Feeble
Kick
At
Pirates
Well, she's got to be somebody's talentless lazy slut, and we all got together while you were going to the bathroom and elected you. Like it or not, you're stuck with her.
(Oh, by the way... kinda tacky to have spelling mistakes in your grammar nitpick. heh)
Dear god, Prince, have mercy. Don't send Appolonia Kotero and Sheila E, and certainly not while wearing lingerie.
And if you have a soul, for the love of all that's holy don't send Sheena Easton, especially not speaking in character as Annah from Planescape:Torment. Rawr. Er, I mean Oh No!
September 2011: Looking for Cocoa/iOS work in Boston area Cocoa Programmer Quincy, MA
Dude, you are pirates. They are looking for your ship, and therein, all your booty.
you obviously missed all of the britney-pics in the last two years..
i find your lack of faith in science disturbing!
I wonder what would happen if the pirate bay admins suddenly hired their own people to follow Prince around.
Seriously, people that would take pictures of his every move, looking for something embarrassing to publish in...
oh....never mind
Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.
My wife has a friend that does security for concerts at the major venues in town, so we got free floor tickets to Metallica. This was a "theater in the round" sort of event and I ended up about two or three people away from the stage. I was standing directly in front of James Hetfield when he said, "Here is one off of our new album, St Anger. Have you all gotten it yet". Now I had been drinking a little that evening and apparently my volume knob was turned up a little louder than usual because I replied "Yea, It's great. I downloaded it last night!" and everyone as far as I could see turned and looked at me and started laughing. I guess James heard it to, because he looked down and gave me a little smile.
Dear gawd, I can't believe I posted this. XD
Carbon based humanoid in training.