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Swedish Authorities Attempt Pirate Bay Shutdown

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the like-a-virtual-bullfighter dept.

Several sources are discussing the recent attempted shutdown of The Pirate Bay by Swedish authorities. It seems that following the recent court defeats and the pending civil actions, Swedish authorities threatened TPB's main bandwidth supplier with a hefty fine in order to get them shut down. Not surprisingly TPB has relocated and is back online although the tracker still seems to be down. As a gesture of their "appreciation" TPB plans on sending a mocking t-shirt to the people believed responsible for the takedown attempt.

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  1. Why aren't they doing this to everyone? by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I sued The Pirate Bay and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt"

    1. Re:Why aren't they doing this to everyone? by Pareto+Efficient · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well be lucky thats all you got. Me? What the hell am I supposed to do with a rubber chicken with a pulley in it?

  2. Re:How long can they fight it by linhares · · Score: 4, Funny
    Hopefully that torrent with the entire pirate bay can still be dowloaded... oh shit I had to go here only to find it he-re.

    Don't you just hate it when they just accidentally the entire pirate bay?

  3. Re:How long can they fight it by computational+super · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, in my defense, I'm too dumb to figure out *how* to use bittorrent, so I don't use it to download anything, legal or illegal. But I'm still rooting for them.

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  4. so are you saying by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    he's about to be eaten by a grue?

  5. Re:How long can they fight it by courseofhumanevents · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quit breathing and stealing all that oxygen, you malicious bastard!
    We'll run out!