ThePirateBay is dead! Delete your torrents now!

[MikeWB]

Wow     Delete your .torrent files now because the data that they collect will be surely sold to copyright owners. Also, stop seeding from ALL of the TPB affiliated trackers! Even if you got a .torrent file from ConCen, some of the .torrent files also syndicate to TPB!

Also note, trackers like ConCen and Umunu also syndicate torrents through TPB so beware of those as well until the site owners remove and clean out TPB tracker URLs out of torrent files! In short, CLEAN IT ALL UP AND REMOVE IT ALL! New owners are probably RIAA/MPAA/BSA front and they WILL TRACK YOU!

http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164

TPB might change owner

Yes, it's true.

News reached the press today in Sweden - The Pirate Bay might get aquired by Global Gaming Factory X AB.

A lot of people are worried. We're not and you shouldn't be either!

TPB is being sold for a great bit underneath it's value if the money would be the interesting part. It's not. The interesting thing is that the right people with the right attitude and possibilities keep running the site.
As all of you know, there's not been much news on the site for the past two-three years. It's the same site essentially. On the internets, stuff dies if it doesn't evolve. We don't want that to happen.

We've been working on this project for many years. It's time to invite more people into the project, in a way that is secure and safe for everybody. We need that, or the site will die. And letting TPB die is the last thing that is allowed to happen!

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. And - you can now not only share files but shares with people. Everybody can indeed be the owner of The Pirate Bay now. That's awesome and will take the heat of us.

The old crew is still around in different ways. We will also not stop being active in the politics of the internets - quite the opposite. Now we're fueling up for going into the next gear. TPB will have economical muscles to let people evolve it. It will team up with great technicians to evolve the protocols. And we, the people interested in more than just technology, will have the time to focus on that. It's win-win-win.

The profits from the sale will go into a foundation that is going to help with projects about freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openess of the nets. I hope everybody will help out in that and realize that this is the best option for all. Don't worry - be happy!

User deletion

We are going to build a user deletion interface later today. Many people have asked about having their account removed and we will not force anyone to stay on of course.

However, we also want to point out that we have no logs of anything, no personal data will be transferred in the eventual sale (since no personal data is kept). So no need to be worried for safety. We always care for that.

It also feels a bit sad to see the comments on the previous blog entry. We understand that you're upset. But we have reasons to do this that we cannot ignore. We need to keep the site going and this is the only working alternative. We cannot finance the growth of the site anymore and we cannot back down. The only way is up and this is the only route to that place.

The support we had, is support we still need. We've been fighting for years for you; and yes; you have supported us in that endevour. We still need you, even if you abandon the site. The important thing is that you keep sharing and keep on saving the internets. We will try to do that, but right now, we need and deserve a break. Some things needs to be reborn and rebooted. Let's make this into something good!
Posted Today 18:27 by TPB

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay- ... al-090630/

The Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company, Goes Legal
Written by enigmax on June 30, 2009

According to gaming company Global Gaming Factory X, it is in the the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay for $7.8m (SEK 60 million). The acquisition is scheduled to be completed by August and will see the site launch new business models to compensate content providers and copyright owners.

Software company Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) says it is in the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay and file-sharing technology company Peerialism. GGF claims to have the biggest network of internet cafés and gaming centers in the world.

The changeover of ownership is scheduled for August 2009, whereby GGF will take over the operation of the site.

The company says that after it has completed the acquisition it will launch new business models so that copyright owners get paid, which is clearly a huge diversion from TPB's previous modus operandi.

"We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site," said Hans Pandeya, CEO GGF.

"The Pirate Bay is a site that is among the top 100 most visited Internet sites in the world. However, in order to live on, The Pirate Bay requires a new business model, which satisfies the requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary," said Pandeya.

"Content creators and providers need to control their content and get paid for it. File sharers' need faster downloads and better quality," he added.

GGF will acquire the site's domain names and sites for SEK 60,000,000 ($7.8 million) - SEK 30,000,000 in cash and the rest in newly issue shares.

File-sharing technology company Peerialism will also be acquired by GGF for a total of SEK 100 million, of which at least SEK 50 million will be in cash.

According to GGF, Peerialism has developed a new P2P distribution technology which will be used on The Pirate Bay. The technology is said to be backwards-compatible with BitTorrent although details are scarce at the moment.

At the time of writing, shares in GGF are up 155% - this will quickly become outdated, so check here for latest stats.

This is breaking news and this article will be updated constantly - please keep checking back.

[Ognir]

Millions of users and sold for only 7.8 million

[jai_mann]

Dey got an offah dey couldn't refuse! Oy vey!

This pisses me off. What pisses me off even more is that we can't get some damned coders to put together a .torrent mod in which the tracker info is hosted with the users and identification has some form of encryption. Absolutely any place where things are centralized is at risk. That goes for this site. I would make sure there are multiple backups in different physical locations Og. There's too much useful stuff on here to have it disappear like knowledgedrivenrevolution or wufys. I'm also gonna recommend again to look into something like I2P2 to fall back to if things get crazy. It allows pretty damn secure connections. Better than Tor from what I can judge.

[Ognir]

Come on, this is fishy,  the Music & Film industry spent millions fighting them and they up and sell out for only $7.8m
Damn I had last time I look over 1100 torrents over there

[hurensohn]

I guess they wanted to get out of their legal problems.

[MikeWB]

Come on, this is fishy,  the Music & Film industry spent millions fighting them and they up and sell out for only $7.8m
Damn I had last time I look over 1100 torrents over there

They're in jail and new trial was refused. So they did a firesale to salvage some cash so they have something to live on once they are released.

[hurensohn]

They're not in jail and their trial was not refused. In Sweden you always get an re-trial in the appeals court for more serious offenses, they are slightly more professional.

Following doctines are not applied in Sweden: Stare Decisis and Res Judicata and the jurors are appointed by the state, usually category C politicans and they are like 3 and not 12, for fast banana justice.

[MikeWB]

They're not in jail and their trial was not refused. In Sweden you always get an re-trial in the appeals court for more serious offenses, they are slightly more professional.

Following doctines are not applied in Sweden: Stare Decisis and Res Judicata and the jurors are appointed by the state, usually category C politicans and they are like 3 and not 12, for fast banana justice.

They'll be in jail shortly.

[hurensohn]

I woulden't bet any money on that.