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Warner Bros. Acquires The Pirate Bay

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-you-can't-beat-'em dept.

mlingojones writes "TorrentFreak breaks the news of The Pirate Bay's acquisition by Warner Bros: 'After years of hostility, lawsuits, police raids and heated invective between the two groups, the Pirate Bay has today announced they have settled their differences with US media conglomerate Warner Bros. The largest BitTorrent tracker has sold out to Hollywood and the two have agreed a deal.'"

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  1. This has GOT to be an April Fools story by oldspewey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    No way this is for real

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  2. Re:Obvious joke is obvious. by craash420 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Un-original joke is un-original; isohunt made the same claim last year.

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  3. Yo, dawg.... by jdgeorge · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. I for one, welcome the return to a beowulf cluster of serious news for nerds instead of childish pranks or Soviet Russia parodying you.
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

  4. These April Fools stories are getting annoying. by SomeJoel · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Must EVERY story today be an April Fools joke? Now, I'm playing "spot the real story" rather than "spot the joke".

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  5. Why god why! by line-bundle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why do we have to put up with such crappy April Fools stories?

    OMGPONIES was way better than this.

  6. Re:Great detective work there by kramulous · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It was informative. Yours was insightful. This one's redundant.

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