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Swedish Museum Puts Pirate Bay Server On Display
The Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology has put the server from The Pirate Bay on display. The server was confiscated in a police raid last year. The museum bought the server for 2,000 kronor ($240) from a member of the Bureau of Piracy, a Swedish group seeking the decriminalization of filesharing. "This is an object of contemporary society and a museum collects such items, and it is a part of our mission as a museum not to avoid complicated questions," curator Nils Olander said. The display is 98% complete and the museum staff has been waiting on a seeder since Thursday.
Yeah, for those few of us that get decent upload speeds and an unlimited quantity of transfer. The main problem with filesharing isn't really the protocols or the legal rubbish, since they can't fit millions of people into a courtroom without taking so long the original ones are back out and have had kids that are now also seeding. The problem is that most people have rubbish internet connections and don't really grasp how torrenting et al work - most people just don't get that the more you upload the faster your download will be. Anyways, that's my two cents.
Be smart, help people!
So do you, Dr Jones.
"The display is 98% complete and the museum staff has been waiting on a seeder since Thursday. "
THAT is classic.
That'd be pretty fun.
"And now for our next exhibit, the Pirate Bay server. We left it running, and you may find it coincidental that we have WiFi around here. Pull out your laptops and start downloading people. I suggest the latest Hannah Montana CD, lots of seeders."