The Pirate Bay: Holes in the sale?

[utubeb14]

well its still good atm so i shall get all i get before it all sinks

[biggingeryeti]

I would never use Pirate Bay or anything else these sell outs are connected with.

[anonymees]

i wish i was paid, i kinda need a job right now...

[awdrifter3]

It's a shell game alright. I bet the people behind GGF is from the RIAA/MPAA/IPFI. They couldn't take down TPB with legal threats so they just bought them out. I don't upload torrents to TPB so I'm not worried, but I bet a lot of the pro-uploaders are worried now.

[anonymees]

what's your source on GFF's connection to the copyright lobby?

[anonymees]

The internets are much to quick to judge.

The new 'legit' pirate bay might turn out very well; the new owners have mutual friends with the pirate bay crew, whom they trust, so they are probably sensible progresive thinking people.

The money will go to a fund that is out of reach for IFPI since they technically don't own TPB. The money will be used for political activism for fredom on the nets, as well as new projects.

They have promised they will never pay the fines, even if they could.

[CFrostyTheSnowman]

Who will use it? Doesn't make any sense. It was 100% pirating site it has no other users lol.... It's not like pirating users will stick around for a so called legit site when there are other pirating sites out there with good reputations like demonoid. I just don't get how this is supposed to work out?

[travelsonic]

"It was 100% pirating site it has no other users lol."

To be fair, the overwhelming use was piracy, but that never means that there aren't other uses. I, albiet with much work, found legal shit up there too.

[psyentologysux]

Some are accusing them of selling out; I think they just sold the site to pay the legal bills and fund a future resurrection under a new name. But Pirate Bay as we know it is in cardiac arrest, and the new company has basically shelled out millions for a popular domain name. Hopefully they'll do something with it that doesn't make a mockery of the original, ala Napster

[The1stPoster]

imo, it was sold for pittance.

Look how much youtube sold for.

The ship hasn't sunk, it's just had it's whole crew changed, all the cargo's been removed and they've hoisted a new flag.

Black Beard would not have approved, and neither does any true Pirate.

[jasnodo]

youtube ans pirate bay are hardly comparable

[marquesbrownlee]

Hmmm... food for thought