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The Pirate Bay Sinks And Swims

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whac-a-mole dept.

mikael_j writes "This morning the German ISP that had been hosting The Pirate Bay's website and search engine shut the site down. A few hours later the website was back up, this time with hosting provided by the Swedish Pirate Party, which issued a press release (in Swedish) explaining why they have chosen to host The Pirate Bay."

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  1. Press release in english by martenfjallstrom · · Score: 5, Informative

    Courtesy of Engström, pirate MEP: http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/the-swedish-pirate-party-delivers-bandwidth-to-the-pirate-bay/

  2. These guys never go down... by TrisexualPuppy · · Score: 5, Informative

    They never asked for money as other torrent sites did for legal costs. They have managed to make it against all odds. Props to TPB!

  3. Re:News? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think it is. The German ISP which previously advertised the Pirate Bay ASN ("provided access to the Pirate Bay servers") was forced with an injunction to cut access. This is noteworthy because they had filed a "Schutzschrift", which is supposed to give the target of an injunction a chance to be heard before the injunction. The injunction was granted without giving the ISP a chance for defense. That is only acceptable if the matter is urgent, which it clearly is not.

  4. Re:All good and well, by kthreadd · · Score: 5, Informative

    On their web site under the link titled donations. http://www.piratpartiet.se/donate

  5. Re:Bankrupt ? HAHAHAHAHAAH by richie2000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    the moment they put up an international donation page, they would get flooded with money. remember obama's campaign and how he floated on $5 donations as opposed to clinton and won.

    http://www.piratpartiet.se/donate

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