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The Pirate Bay Gets a 'Massive' $9 in Donations Per Day (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the people-don't-like-paying-for-piracy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: When The Pirate Bay and other torrent sites started accepting Bitcoin donations a few years ago, copyright holders voiced concerns about this new 'unseizable' revenue stream. Thus far, this fear seems unwarranted with TPB raking in an average of $9 per day in Bitcoin donations over the past year. While hardly a windfall, it's a fortune compared to the donations received by the leading torrent site KickassTorrents.

2 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. Re:very low by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's actually extremely easy to track who gave who bitcoins. That's the whole point of bitcoins...well, that, and the ponzi scheme.

  2. Really useful data actually. by Narcocide · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Any serious bean counters/market analysts looking for accurate data on how much of piracy actually represents lost sales (situations where the customer actually had money and would have paid for the product if there were an option to do so) well there's your numbers; 9$ a day.