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Big Swedish Filesharing Server Seized

Posted by timothy on from the trial-is-over-travails-continue dept.

SmugJerk writes "Authorities are continuing to apply pressure on Sweden's filesharing community amid the trial of several principals of The Pirate Bay filesharing site. Today they seized a fileserver containing about 65 terabytes of files, corresponding to around 16,000 full-length movies."

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  1. 65 terabytes hey? by alienunknown · · Score: 5, Funny
    Some members of this site may be concerned with how many libraries of congress this 65 terabytes can hold. I'm more concerned with how much of the 65 terabytes is porn.

    If 65 terabytes of porn has just been removed from the net it could very well be the largest tragedy that the internets have ever encountered. Just thinking of such a tragedy brings a tear to my eye.

    Backup server, anyone?

  2. An international pirate network called 'The Scene' by D4C5CE · · Score: 5, Funny

    the server is part of an international pirate network called "The Scene,"

    What a well-organized network that must be to have such unmistakably identifiable persons (some even being computers!) among its membership under this absolutely new and unique trademark name. ;-)
    Now where are the ships and home port of their evil "pirate" fleet?

  3. Re:Note the spin... by Soulshift · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah, 65TB? Wait till they discover what's in /dev/rand! I wish the cryptanalysts good luck!

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  4. Re:16,000 movies? by Teun · · Score: 5, Funny

    6-10 inches.

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  5. Re:65 TB?!?! *gasp* by julian67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    For UK readers 65TB of files is the equivalent to an area half the size of Wales, 10 Wembleys, 3 Home Office Detention Centres or 12 double decker buses!!!

  6. 65 terabytes? by philipmather · · Score: 5, Funny

    65 terabytes? Shirley you don't need a full install of Vista just for a file server?

    Come on... the "Libraries of Congress" gag has been done so it only left me with the "in Soviet Russia" line, "...profit" or generic Microsoft bashing. ;^P

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  7. Re:"Corresponding"? by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    [citation needed]

    I'm going to internet meme hell for this comment aren't I?

  8. Re:Note the spin... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes,

    "The street value of the movies seized in this raid was estimated at 800 trillion dollars. According to the RIAA, for every movie shared on The Pirate Bay, seven film studio executives commit suicide, and twenty-three copyright lawyers buy Jaguars."

    Can we get pictures of the brave Swedish Authorities who conducted this dangerous pre-dawn raid?

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  9. Re:Note the spin... by CarpetShark · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 million dollars worth of cocaine would be around 30 kilos

    But is it cheaper than printer ink?