The Pirate Bay — "Just a Very Large Hobby"

praps writes "In a fascinating interview with two of the founders of The Pirate Bay entitled 'Are they baby-eating monsters or what?,' Swedish news site The Local discovers that far from being the radical Robin Hoods of the digital age, Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij are actually 'polite, humorous and down-to-earth.' They may run one of the biggest sites in the world but 'it's just a hobby that's grown to be very, very large.' Financially, they are 'happy as long as it doesn't make a loss,' and both hold down regular IT day jobs. And apparently they spend a lot of time with a Bedouin in the Sinai desert."

Comments

Re:surprising?

[globaljustin]

holy shit man...i'm talking about how mainstream people perceive based on what they hear in the media...for fuck's sake, I wasn't stereotyping anarchists...just pointing out that many people do...

i love anarchists...

Re:Not radical Robin Hoods?

[WK2]

Interesting how people who say this: "Instead of simply recommending that you sodomize yourself with a retractable baton, let me recommend a specific model - the ASP 21". The previous lawyers tried to use a cheaper brand, but it broke during the action." are described as "polite".

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