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Facebook Cuts Off Pirate Bay Links

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hyperlinks-are-bad-mmm-kay dept.

narramissic writes "Citing legal reasons, Facebook has ended its brief relationship with The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay added a 'Share on Facebook' button around two weeks ago to its site that allowed its users to post links to small information files on Facebook that are used to download audio, video, etc. via BitTorrent. Facebook is now blocking those 'bookmarklets' as well as any links from The Pirate Bay, said Peter Sunde, of The Pirate Bay. Sunde said he received an e-mail from Facebook justifying the action because of the legal proceedings against Sunde and three others. The men are awaiting return of a verdict on April 17 from a trial that concluded early last month in Stockholm. They are charged with helping to make available material under copyright."

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  1. They haven't ended the relationship... by gillbates · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've just changed the status to "complicated".

    Of course, we all know what comes next: In a few weeks, their status will go back to "In a relationship", and the day after prom will be suddenly changed to "single".

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    The society for a thought-free internet welcomes you.
    1. Re:They haven't ended the relationship... by Bearhouse · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah yes, but then the sysadmins, playing with their shiny new Deep Packet Inspection toys, might well pick you up and *wham* you get a nice little interview with Catbert.

    2. Re:They haven't ended the relationship... by Wild+Bill+TX · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm not sure I understand what place free content has on The Pirate Bay...

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      Audioscrobbler
  2. Damn it by b0ttle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where am I going to get pirate bay links now?

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Re:They can do that? by emocomputerjock · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can take the users out of myspace but you can't take the myspace out of the users.

  5. Re:The rise of redirect links by tjonnyc999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict a sudden increase in Slashdot predictions.

  6. Re:slashdot topics these days by DeskLazer · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's because filesharing is LINKED to global warming! the more we do it, the more global warming, the more the terrorists win, the more we welcome our robotic overlords!

  7. Re:The rise of redirect links by dontmakemethink · · Score: 2, Funny

    74.4% of all predictions are just made up, and 83.7% are based on randomly generated statistics.

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    Nothing could beat complete denial
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  8. Re:slashdot topics these days by master811 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's where you are wrong ;)
     
    http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/881/piracyglobalwarmingd.jpg

    "Instead of driving to get CDs, buying pre-packaged software from megacorporations and wasting energy, you can help fight Global Warming by using P2P. Help save resources, fight pollution and save the environment. - It's what Jesus would do."

  9. Re:CUUUUUUUNNNNTTT by Ragzouken · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gurney Halleck, is that you?

  10. Re:And the funny thing is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    +5 annoyingly semantic