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The Pirate Bay Sails Back To Its .ORG Domain (cnet.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the land-ahoy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Following a report that the Swedish Court would seize the domain names 'ThePirateBay.se' and 'PirateBay.se,' The Pirate Bay is now sailing back to where it started in 2003, ThePirateBay.org. CNET reports: "The site is currently redirecting all traffic from the above two domains back to its .org home." In 2012, The Pirate Bay moved to the .se domain. It then moved to more secure domains, such as .sx and .ac, eventually returning to .se in 2015. Every alternative domain the site was using has been seized. Since the registry that manages the top level .org domains is based in Virginia, it's likely we'll see some legal action from the U.S. in response to the move. Meanwhile, Pirate Bay co-founder Fredrik Neij plans to appeal the Swedish's court's decision to seize the .se domains.

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  1. corrupt world by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every alternative domain the site was using has been seized.

    They aren't doing anything illegal, and certainly there must be some country somewhere that officially recognizes that. If there's not a single one that's pretty damning for the state of freedom in the world.

    1. Re: corrupt world by jonwil · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Why not go for a .ag domain name. Antigua and Barbuda has thumbed its nose at the US in regards to protection of copyrighted works (in response to the US refusing to remove its ban on online gambling sites in Antigua and Barbuda) and I dont see them being the sort of country that would be willing to seize a domain name just because the US (or big US media companies) wanted them to.

    2. Re: corrupt world by easyTree · · Score: 5, Funny

      Lol :D

      Argentina? .ar

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      Requiem for the American Dream
    3. Re: corrupt world by Thanshin · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Piratebay should declare independence start their own country

      Because, unlike being under EU jurisdiction, having your own independent country precludes any political influence, attack or invasion from the United States.

      Obviously.