TPB down for good?

I saw this article earlier.

PirateBay is up again ,I don't know if it's 100% operative as I don't use it.
( the tracker is not working completely though DHT is O.K.,if I remember rightly they have servers in Ukraine amongst other places and are saying the tracker will be up by the morning).

Peterkro said:

PirateBay is up again ,I don't know if it's 100% operative as I don't use it.

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I imagine that they will just pay the fine. Or move their servers a couple miles away.

Still can't connect. Side note: haven't they sold it anyway?

The whole Pirate Bay thing bugs me because I don't see the difference between torrenting an episode of Grey's Anatomy and recording it off the TV.

Or lending someone a book.

Or taping songs off the radio.

etc.

It also bugs me because of the allegations that the judge wasn't entirely impartial.

Don't worry... Even if it's gone down for good, I'm sure some nice folks in the middle of china - where copyright ain't enforced will start something up!! Dunno why TPB don't start a little node there!

The Pirate Bay has servers all over the world, they must be stupid to think this would work.

Also, many open source copies of The Pirate Bay are now online too, as are hundreds of other torrent sites.

The MPAA are idiots.

iPhone 62S said:

The Pirate Bay has servers all over the world, they must be stupid to think this would work.

Also, many open source copies of The Pirate Bay are now online too, as are hundreds of other torrent sites.

The MPAA are idiots.

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I have no idea why they don't just give up.

TPB has grown into the Lernaean Hydra… Cut off one head and you get two more.

arkitect said:

I have no idea why they don't just give up.

TPB has grown into the Lernaean Hydra… Cut off one head and you get two more.

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So true.
Well said.

instaxgirl said:

....It also bugs me because of the allegations that the judge wasn't entirely impartial.

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And apparently the judge was/is part of an anti-piracy lobby group that lead to an appeal in TPB favor...

UltraNEO* said:

Don't worry... Even if it's gone down for good, I'm sure some nice folks in the middle of china - where copyright ain't enforced will start something up!! Dunno why TPB don't start a little node there!

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Cuz the CHINESE Govt. controls the entire internet system there, many of the big players have complied to the Chinese Gvt so that people in China can use their [AIM, MSN, Google, etc] products...with limitations of course!!!

iPhone 62S said:

The Pirate Bay has servers all over the world, they must be stupid to think this would work....The MPAA are idiots.

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Apparently TPB is moving to another location, from and have been prepared for raids after '06! so I'll keep an eye for them....and yes iPhone 62S, they will always be idiot$

SRossi said:

I think very soon that they will be closed permanently and then what will everyone do? There's no websites about as good or as reliable as TPB.
Stephen

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no, I don't think that TPB will shut down for good anytime soon, and yes there aren't many sites as good as TPB!!

stridemat said:

luckily for me ipredator is still working (thought that it may have used the same bandwidth as it was designed by tpb) It should be back soon, if not there are hundreds of trackers available

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ehmmmm can I bother you for an invite?? the BETA is now closed


Yeah it's about 0114 here in the Eastern US coast and still no Pirates in sight. I figure that this ordeal might take a while to get adjusted to our needs once again. Unless some one else decides to take TPB mantle and lead yet another sharing revolution!!!!

If the sale to GGF goes through, which I'm not sure it will TBH, The Pirate Bay as we know it will be dead I'm afraid, but this will be helpful if it does.

There is a torrent of about 21GB I think that is a dump of all tPB's content It can be downloaded and used to mirror.

Example: http://www.btarena.net/

Not as fully functional as tPB, but it's the ground work for anyone to start a replacement and have a s*** load of content.

Currently on the front page. I really hope they don't sell it. It's too much fun.

UltraNEO* said:

Don't worry... Even if it's gone down for good, I'm sure some nice folks in the middle of china - where copyright ain't enforced will start something up!! Dunno why TPB don't start a little node there!

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Because publicly copyright most certainly *is* enforced these days - well at least as much as it is in Manhattan.

Wednesday 26, 2009

TPB is up and running, looking through the "recent" page and will see if it works or it will go down will let ya'll know soon!