Pirate Bay (45 articles)
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Pirate Bay Supreme Court appeal denied - prison ahoy!
Founders still face jail time 1 February 2012 16:05 GMT TweetThe founders of Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström, have failed in a new attempt to have their jail sentences for criminal copyright infringement offences overturned. Sweden's Supreme Court will not grant them...
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BT asked to block the The Pirate Bay
Legal action sought by the BPI 4 November 2011 14:50 GMT TweetWhen BT was ordered by a High Court Judge to block pirate website Newzbin 2 back in July we at Pocket-lint questioned whether this meant an end to the free web.
That question will be answered over time, but what is clear is that the judgement...
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BT ordered to block pirate site Newzbin 2
An end to the free web? 28 July 2011 14:56 GMT TweetIn a move that could have major implications for the future of the free web, BT has been ordered by a High Court Judge to block pirate website Newzbin 2.
No, not pirate website as in the Jolly Roger and all that jazz, pirate as in illegal content...
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Pocket-lint Podcast #26
Piracy, privacy and Christmas puds... 30 November 2010 9:40 GMT TweetThis week's podcast has gone all Christmassy, with some massive tips for those who missed out on Waitrose's and Heston's Hidden Orange Christmas Pudding. Plus, how to cook a turkey with the correct gadgets.
Personal privacy is also on the agenda,...
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Pirate Bay founders lose court appeal
And now face jail time 26 November 2010 15:39 GMT TweetThe Pirate Bay co-founders have lost their appeal against a 2009 ruling that they were illegally sharing copyrighted content.
The decision by a Swedish court means that the co-founders now face time behind bars.
Fredrik Neij faces 10...
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Pirate Bay sunk in raids... For a couple of hours
They get knocked down, but they get up again 8 September 2010 11:17 GMT TweetHugely popular torrent site, The Pirate Bay, was completely down for a few hours yesterday after police in up to 14 countries raided numerous locations believed to contain its servers. The bulk of the action was undertaken in Sweden, although the UK,...
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Pirate Bay's ISP receives Hollywood injunction
Company behind Pirate Bay's bandwidth could face more legal action 13 May 2010 16:07 GMT TweetThe Motion Picture Association of America has obtained a preliminary injunction from a German court for CyberBunker, the ISP responsible for hosting Swedish website The Pirate Bay.
According to Torrent Freak the injunction, taken out against...
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Ipredator VPN opens to the public
Pirate Bay-backed anonymization service out of beta 21 January 2010 12:20 GMT TweetThe chaps at the Pirate Bay have announced that their anonymization VPN service, Ipredator, is now out of beta and available to the public. The service, which allows surfers to completely conceal their tracks, was launched in response to Europe's proposed...
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Pirate Bay tracker shuts down
Site moves to decentralised architecture 17 November 2009 15:24 GMT TweetThe Pirate Bay has shut down its tracker in an unprecedented move that will see the filesharing network take a more decentralised stance. Despite the tracker closing, the site itself will stay online and active - using both trackerless solutions and...
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FlashForward proves a hit on BitTorrent
Tens of thousands download new ABC show 25 September 2009 10:31 GMT TweetFlashForward, a television show just launched in the US from the creators of Lost and based on the book by Robert J Sawyer, has proved a surprise hit on filesharing websites.
At the time of writing, Mininova and the Pirate Bay are both displaying... -
Pirate Bay is back online
Thumbs nose at Swedish courts 25 August 2009 14:25 GMT TweetThe Pirate Bay, having seen its connection terminated by a Swedish court yesterday, is already back online and running normally. As previously reported, Stockholm's district court instructed Black Internet to take the site off the web under threat of...
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Pirate Bay taken offline by its ISP
Under threat of £43,000 fine 24 August 2009 17:07 GMT TweetHope you got all those episodes of Lost downloaded in time - the Pirate Bay has been taken offline by its ISP - Black Internet. The ISP was ordered by a court to take the site down or face a penalty of 500,000 Swedish kronor - about £43,000.
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Pirate Bay archive released as torrent
Anticipating switchoff 17 August 2009 9:40 GMT TweetThe Pirate Bay is due to be handed over to its new owners in a matter of days, assuming nothing derails the deal before then. In preparation for the move, an anonymous uploader has released a full copy of the site, complete with 873,671 torrents.
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Pirate Party UK officially registered
Can now raise funds and put forward candidates 13 August 2009 10:58 GMT TweetThe UK's own version of Sweden's Pirate Party has been officially recognised by the British electoral commission as a legitimate political party, according to a blog post from the party's leader, Andrew Robinson.
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Peter Sunde resigns from Pirate Bay
Brokep calls it quits as site spokesperson 3 August 2009 18:09 GMT TweetPeter Sunde, Pirate Bay founder and site spokesperson has quit his post in advance of the site's sale to Swedish company "Global Gaming Factory X".
He posted on his personal blog, Copy me happy, "I have decided to not be the spokes person...
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