Pirate Bay goes down globally
Inquirer
By Dave Neal FILESHARING WEB SITE The Pirate Bay was down this morning in some regions worldwide, including the UK. The web site, which claims to be the World's most resilient, was the scene of a blog post full of fighting talk yesterday, …

The Pirate Bay breaks its silence over PIPA and SOPA
Inquirer
By Kate O'Flaherty FILESHARING WEB SITE The Pirate Bay has broken its silence over the PIPA and SOPA anti-piracy bills in the US, saying that the proposed laws won't stop its activities. According to Torrent Freak, The Pirate Bay isn't worried about …
The Pirate Bay To Stop Hosting Torrents But…CrazyEngineers VoiCE
The Pirate Bay: Silly Congress, There are Easy Workarounds to SOPA/PIPABetabeat
The Pirate Bay rehabilitates its image by offering free promotion for indie …Tecca
WebProNews -Telecompaper (subscription)
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Pirate Bay to abandon .torrent files for magnet links
Ars Technica
By Duncan Geere, wired.co.uk | Published January 13, 2012 10:14 AM Filesharing titan the Pirate Bay has promised to remove all .torrent files from its site. But it's not to placate rights-holders—it's going to replace them with "magnet links" instead. …
The Pirate Bay Will Stop Serving TorrentsTorrentFreak
Pirate Bay Veers from Torrent TacticsPCWorld (blog)
The Pirate Bay will stop serving .torrent files, switch to magnet links onlyTechSpot
Inquirer -Geek -SlashGear
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File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden
Geek
At any given time, they will be seeding handfuls of torrents, downloading several more, and searching The Pirate Bay for something new. The practice provides a cathartic experience that you could even say gives meaning to their lives. …
Only in Sweden Would File-Sharing Become an Official ReligionThe Atlantic Wire
Sweden recognises filesharing as an official religionthejournal.ie

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UK ISPs in talks to block The Pirate Bay and other filesharing sites
The Next Web
Around 100 sites, including The Pirate Bay, are on a list of filesharing and digital file locker services that could be blocked by ISPs in the UK under a voluntary code currently being discussed. The Guardian reports that talks are underway between …
ISPs urged to block filesharing sitesThe Guardian
100 Domains On Movie and Music Industry Website Blocking WishlistTorrentFreak

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Pirate bay gets a broadside in 2010
Inquirer
LIKE THE OCEAN WAVES, this year its been a bit up and down for the principals of the filesharing website Pirate Bay. …

Pirate Bay filesharing appeal opens in Sweden
AFP
STOCKHOLM — Four founders and financiers of filesharing site The Pirate Bay, who last year were sentenced to a year in prison, opened their appeal bid to …
Pirate Bay file-sharers begin appeal trial in SwedenMonsters and Critics.com
Pirate Bay a man down as trial opensThe Local.se
Pirate Bay Appeals Trial Ready to Start After Long DelayPC World
Zeropaid -TorrentFreak -UniteTheCows
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4chan hacks MPAA, RIAA websites
Variety
The move, say the anonymous attackers, was in retaliation to action the orgs have taken to squash filesharing sites such as Pirate Bay. …
MPAA Website Shut Down by HackersTheCelebrityCafe.com
Cyber rally disrupts US recording industry websiteAFP
4chan takes down RIAA, MPAA sitesCNET
PC World -International Business Times AU -Computerworld (blog)
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Pirate Bay Documentary in the Works
Wired News
By Duncan Geere, Wired UK Notorious filesharing website The Pirate Bay is a long-standing enemy of the movie industry, but one Swedish …
Pirate Bay secures documentary funding from fans in just 3 daysNew Europe
Call for donations for a documentary on The Pirate BayWorld Buzz News (blog)
The Pirate Bay Movie Is A GoThe Next Web
TorrentFreak (blog)
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Google plays the filesharing card
Inquirer
PIRATE BAY AND ITS ILK could soon benefit from a Google legal challenge to the music and content industry's claim that search engines help …

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