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The Pirate Bay Launches Free VPN

Posted by samzenpus on from the vpn-ahoy dept.

bs0d3 writes "The Pirate Bay team is going to be making the RIAA angry, with the launch of a new ad-supported VPN service. PrivitizeVPN is available for free from The Pirate Bay. Instead of earning revenue through subscription as ipredator does, PrivitizeVPN comes packaged to install the Babylon search bar (adware). PrivitizeVPN appears to be available for Windows users only at the moment. The Pirate Bay staff has a long history of promoting services that have no logs; e.g. , you can't get in trouble if your anonymized IP is subpoenaed by government officials. Although PrivitizeVPN is being released silently, with no press coverage, no official statement, and no comments from The Pirate Bay of any kind, people are assuming that PrivitizeVPN will have the same familiar data protection policies. A backup download location has been setup here for people who have limited access to the Pirate Bay domain."

9 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Funny

    The RIAA is probably behind this, Babylon search bar is a far worse punishment than thier frivolous lawsuits.

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  2. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? by cpghost · · Score: 1, Funny

    That is true, but doesn't make piracy less wrong.

    That's right. Piracy off the coast of Somalia is plain wrong.

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  3. Re:Ad-supported *and* a installed browser toolbar? by chiefmojorising · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, what good is a torrent site without seeds?

  4. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah but taking a sniff of that smell doesn't prevent anyone else from smelling it.

  5. Re:Just remember folks.. by MysteriousPreacher · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piracy of Linux is indeed a serious issue. I found quite a few Linux torrents at TPB.

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  6. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? by houghi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because it is not about the orange or the CD. It is about the money in your wallet. You have it. They don't and they want it, so it must be theft, because otherwise they would have it.

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  7. Re:so you lot are promoting ip theft now ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, self righteous nerds think that because a product is created/distributed on a computer that they can either use the product for free or demand to only pay an amount they feel is appropriate. Infinite are these nerd's excuses and rationales.

  8. Re:Why Windows? by nelk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they can develop a *nix version that doesn't require the adware.

    Then it wont be free. Bills have to be paid somehow.

    No worries there. Someone will create an ad free version and post it on The Pirate Bay!

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  9. Re:BEWARE by the_B0fh · · Score: 1, Funny

    *sigh* What did I tell you about using reason and common sense on the internet again?!