The Pirate Bay

**DrugstoreCowboy** · 06-30-2009, 08:55 AM

RIP

http://kotaku.com/5304376/

Sold for 7.8 million dollars... insane

Ice wolf · 06-30-2009, 09:07 AM

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According to a statement from The Pirate Bay, "If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it. That's the biggest insurance one can have that the site will be run in the way that we all want to."

This is a good point. Either it will continue as it is, or it will die and that software company will be out of luck.

bluguerrilla · 06-30-2009, 09:20 AM

They're making it a legal site. One no one will use. At least, not 'top 100 on the internet' popular.

What's stopping the original owners of TPB from opening a new site?

**DrugstoreCowboy** · 06-30-2009, 09:24 AM

pft, if i had 7.8 million to split with my co-workers, im pretty sure I wouldn't be doing much of anything besides vacations.

bluguerrilla · 06-30-2009, 09:48 AM

Good point.

**Squeek** · 06-30-2009, 09:56 AM

It really isn't worth it for them to open a new site anyway. Courts will continue to not realize that they're banning people for running a website where people can post a list of IP addresses.

Just in case you didn't know, that's all a .torrent file is. A list of IP addresses and a hash file. Nowhere on their site is any illegal content stored whatsoever.

What does this mean? These same courts can use these rulings against a site like ours and shut us down too.

**Oni-Paranoia** · 06-30-2009, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Squeek

Just in case you didn't know, that's all a .torrent file is. A list of IP addresses and a hash file. Nowhere on their site is any illegal content stored whatsoever.

Which explains the low amount of KB the torrents have.. But technically aren't torrents illegal (or using a torrent)??

Ice wolf · 06-30-2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Oni-Paranoia

Which explains the low amount of KB the torrents have.. But technically aren't torrents illegal (or using a torrent)??

It's just the content that can be illegal.

**wargasm1** · 06-30-2009, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Oni-Paranoia

Which explains the low amount of KB the torrents have.. But technically aren't torrents illegal (or using a torrent)??

In my province they legalized download therefore whatever they say don't apply to me i'm just going to download and never get caught :P

Commandersa1 · 06-30-2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Oni-Paranoia

Which explains the low amount of KB the torrents have.. But technically aren't torrents illegal (or using a torrent)??

Downloading a file is not illegal, per say. You have to actually use the file. Otherwise it's just 400 mb of space on your computer. It's just hard to justify you did not use the file at all.

My brother got caught by the MMA for some James Bond movie. They call your Internet provider, and they threaten to sue them and stuff. The internet provider will turn off your internet, but they won't tell you. Once you call, they will tell you to stop downloading or face jail time and thousands of dollars in fines. Then they turn your internet stuff back on. It's very scary stuff because your parents are the ones who's name is what the internet was bought under, and I am pretty sure they would go to jail. Also, you do not know how far they will go with your case.

So we never downloaded again. :/

cedolad · 06-30-2009, 12:14 PM

Well TPB's down? Back to Demonoid...no more torrenting porn either. =/

**demonllama6124** · 06-30-2009, 12:25 PM

good for them. they just became millionaires. i dont use TPB, i use mininova and isohunt.

**Artic_counter** · 06-30-2009, 12:58 PM

Who the **** cares about The Pirate Bay. BTJunkie is like the biggest torrent database on the web. It include TPB's database and all of the 8 others big torrent database. Even with TPB gone I think the torrent database will get hosted somewhere else.

The only reason why TPB is so visited is because it is popular. There is so much better out there on the web.

**jump_the_bullet** · 06-30-2009, 01:10 PM

hey as long as demonoid doesnt get sold then i'm ok.
TPB was my backup site anyway

cedolad · 06-30-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jump_the_bullet

hey as long as demonoid doesnt get sold then i'm ok.
TPB was my backup site anyway

It was my place for porn...

Anybody need a Demonoid account/invitation code, just ask me.

**Artic_counter** · 06-30-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Commandersa1

Downloading a file is not illegal, per say. You have to actually use the file. Otherwise it's just 400 mb of space on your computer. It's just hard to justify you did not use the file at all.

My brother got caught by the MMA for some James Bond movie. They call your Internet provider, and they threaten to sue them and stuff. The internet provider will turn off your internet, but they won't tell you. Once you call, they will tell you to stop downloading or face jail time and thousands of dollars in fines. Then they turn your internet stuff back on. It's very scary stuff because your parents are the ones who's name is what the internet was bought under, and I am pretty sure they would go to jail. Also, you do not know how far they will go with your case.

So we never downloaded again. :/

hum... You do know that there is a way for you to make it so your internet provider do not know you're downloading torrents ?

Edit : Yeah the governenement is starting to act really stupid about the internet. It doesn't want us to have any freedom at all. It's clearly obvious that the governement wants to control the internet since it's an incredible place where everyone has infinite possibilities (if your ready to learn about how a computer works ^^)

**jump_the_bullet** · 06-30-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by cedolad

It was my place for porn...

Anybody need a Demonoid account/invitation code, just ask me.

im pretty sure ^that is bannable if you give that out lol

also there are other places you can torrent porn. better places

**Kekeb** · 06-30-2009, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Artic_counter

hum... You do know that there is a way for you to make it so your internet provider do not know you're downloading torrents ?

Edit : Yeah the governenement is starting to act really stupid about the internet. It doesn't want us to have any freedom at all. It's clearly obvious that the governement wants to control the internet since it's an incredible place where everyone has infinite possibilities (if your ready to learn about how a computer works ^^)

Yeah, just like the people who tell you not to steal from stores. Trying to take away your damn freedom; bastards.

Xx{Midnight}xX · 06-30-2009, 01:29 PM

Dude it's not hard to find, Google can help you find ANYTHING.

But anyways torrents sucked. I'd have to wait till everyone went to bed to DL them. Now I use a different way of getting my music. =)

Sullyman2007 · 06-30-2009, 02:08 PM

Wow that sucks. I totally loved that website.

06-30-2009, 08:55 AM	#1
DrugstoreCowboy Is Famouz Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Age: 36 Posts: 3,409	The Pirate Bay RIP http://kotaku.com/5304376/ Sold for 7.8 million dollars... insane __________________

06-30-2009, 09:20 AM	#3
bluguerrilla FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 41 Posts: 3,966	Re: The Pirate Bay They're making it a legal site. One no one will use. At least, not 'top 100 on the internet' popular. What's stopping the original owners of TPB from opening a new site? __________________

06-30-2009, 09:24 AM	#4
DrugstoreCowboy Is Famouz Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Michigan Age: 36 Posts: 3,409	Re: The Pirate Bay pft, if i had 7.8 million to split with my co-workers, im pretty sure I wouldn't be doing much of anything besides vacations. __________________

06-30-2009, 09:48 AM	#5
bluguerrilla FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 41 Posts: 3,966	Re: The Pirate Bay Good point. __________________

06-30-2009, 09:56 AM	#6
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	Re: The Pirate Bay It really isn't worth it for them to open a new site anyway. Courts will continue to not realize that they're banning people for running a website where people can post a list of IP addresses. Just in case you didn't know, that's all a .torrent file is. A list of IP addresses and a hash file. Nowhere on their site is any illegal content stored whatsoever. What does this mean? These same courts can use these rulings against a site like ours and shut us down too.

06-30-2009, 12:14 PM	#11
cedolad moonchild~ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: . Age: 30 Posts: 6,879	Re: The Pirate Bay Well TPB's down? Back to Demonoid...no more torrenting porn either. =/ __________________

06-30-2009, 12:58 PM	#13
Artic_counter FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In your anus. Right corner Age: 30 Posts: 1,002	Re: The Pirate Bay Who the **** cares about The Pirate Bay. BTJunkie is like the biggest torrent database on the web. It include TPB's database and all of the 8 others big torrent database. Even with TPB gone I think the torrent database will get hosted somewhere else. The only reason why TPB is so visited is because it is popular. There is so much better out there on the web. __________________ Last edited by Artic_counter; 06-30-2009 at 01:05 PM..

06-30-2009, 01:10 PM	#14
jump_the_bullet Oh you fancy, huh? Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: over yonder Age: 37 Posts: 912	Re: The Pirate Bay hey as long as demonoid doesnt get sold then i'm ok. TPB was my backup site anyway __________________

06-30-2009, 01:29 PM	#19
Xx{Midnight}xX FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 31 Posts: 8,548	Re: The Pirate Bay Dude it's not hard to find, Google can help you find ANYTHING. But anyways torrents sucked. I'd have to wait till everyone went to bed to DL them. Now I use a different way of getting my music. =)

06-30-2009, 02:08 PM	#20
Sullyman2007 FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 33 Posts: 1,663	Re: The Pirate Bay Wow that sucks. I totally loved that website.

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