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The Pirate Bay Tops 10 Million Users

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-word-it's-a-convoy dept.

An anonymous reader suggests we go over to Slyck for news that The Pirate Bay has cracked 10 million users. The publicity from the upcoming court case probably helped. "Today, The Pirate Bay asserts itself as the self-proclaimed 'World's Largest Tracker' by topping over 10 million peers, while managing over 1 million torrents. Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay told Slyck, 'We're very happy to be part of all of this and we hope our users keep sharing those files!... And we're looking to break 20 million as well.'"

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  1. 10 million users? by d_jedi · · Score: -1, Troll

    More like 10 million pirates.

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    1. Re:10 million users? by v1 · · Score: 1, Troll

      I suppose the laws are written for the wealthy and the powerful, not for the majority. Nothing new here eh.

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  2. TPB is for poser faggots. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    OH LOOK AT HOW LEET I AM DOWNLOADING TEH BITTORRENTS

    Use superior sites like btjunkie.

    Don't forget to vote Ron Paul or die.

    1. Re:TPB is for poser faggots. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      lol @ 1337 private tracker kiddies.

      You, umm, know that if those 10 million people are at PirateBay that's 10 million people not sharing at your teeny tiny private tracker, right?

      btw, anyone got an invite to demonoid?!!!!one!ONE!1!!!!!!? lulz

  3. Re:Umm, yay? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    suck my fagina, homie!

  4. Sweden is Communist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    All of mp3, pirate bay, exist because country is communist and cares nothing of west "IP". How come no one pirates communist country stuff? Cause no one there creates, only steals. Good for them as long as they stay in there communist country.

  5. But remember kids - piracy actually *helps* people by Dobeln · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...because they only download movies they wouldn't watch otherwise.

    And shows they watch anyways. For "backup" purposes.

    And computer programs and games they are thinking about getting. For evaluation purposes.

    And we could just switch to FOSS movies, TV and computer programs anyways. It has to be true - I read it on Slashdot!

  6. Re:It all comes down to $$$ by eiapoce · · Score: 0, Troll
    This is a full load of lies and misconceptions.
    Piratebay: For the most part they are young professionals working in IT. The server are hosted at the same company that gives them work. They get some money for paying the bills.

    A Poor Videogame Creator: You coward should know that a private working on a videogame usually does not recoup the costs due to lack of distribution. So either the game is acquired by a famous company and becomes a hit (quite unlikely) or the game will be offered in a bundle that actually can get some revenue despite piracy. All other options like selling 5.000 copies as you said are pure bullshit since no one will print them in the first place. And if you get to work at a software company you get a salary!!! (And I don't see EA bankrupting soon...)

    I am quite sure that when you were growing you had no downloads. As much as I am sure you have been making copies of LPs on tapes!!! So stop being a whiner and start being objective.

    it's the average person that watches the movies and listens to the music that will suffer. They are telling this since 1970... I'd pirate just for the fun to see if that's true... BTW I think this is a faster way to get the work done: http://www.jamendo.com/
  7. Re:It all comes down to $$$ by nilbud · · Score: -1, Troll

    In fascist amerika corporations control the law. We don't allow that in Europe.

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