Pirate Bay gone for good?

[Red October1984]

So it looks like that supposedly-untouchable huge bandwidth hog might finally bite the bullet.

Their office was just raided by Swedish Police.

LINK (http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/10/the-collapse-of-the-pirate-bay-the-worlds-most-notorious-file-sharing-site/)

Almost hard to believe.

[Wolferz]

Flush 'em out the scuppers. Harrr!:arrgh!:

[Oberon]

Went the same way as megaup. I dare say another one will appear somewhere.

[Buddahaid]

Nice to see the garbage has finally been taken out.

[Dowly]

It'll come back up sooner or later.

[d@rk51d3]

It'll come back up sooner or later.

Yep,

Probably sooner.

[ikalugin]

That fake north Korean IP was awesome though.

[Red October1984]

It'll come back up sooner or later.

And you know if they don't, there's tons of torrent sites out there ready to fill the void.

I read an article today about how TPB's own founders want the site to die with this raid.

Time will tell...the article also said that last time there was a raid they were only down for three days. It's been just over one day since the current raid I do believe.

[Rilder]

Its impossible to actually get rid of the Pirate bay, it's literally like 100mb file of random strings that can be interpreted by torrent software to open a torrent. Thousands of people have copies of it so if its down for the count you can bet a hundred clones of it will pop up, hell there is probably a bunch rehosting it already.

The ONLY way you can defeat piracy is to provide a better service than the pirates.

[Rhodes]

The news about this that I saw, mentioned that the site was transfer to a Costa Rica .cr domain, but only for a few ours since it already went down also.

Rilder is right, it is impossible or almost impossible to get rid of pirate bay.:arrgh!:

[Betonov]

The news about this that I saw, mentioned that the site was transfer to a Costa Rica .cr domain, but only for a few ours since it already went down also.



It opens on my end

[d@rk51d3]

Working here too.

[Rhodes]

And same here! :yeah: Piratebay is dead! Long live Piratebay! :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

As already stated, too many clones....unfortunately.

[Dowly]

The .cr domain is/was just a cache.

I wish they would just stop trying to fight piracy. It won't go away and the "big guys" who are so keen on going after the pirates still seem to have enough money to make "Clone of that other movie part eleven" every year. :shifty:

[STEED]

Man I must spend more time on the Internet, never heard about them until reading this thread. On the other hand forget it I rather read books.

As said above you can't keep crooks down they always come back.

[vanjast]

Looks like Sweden has become the USA's little puppet.

The legaity of the operation depends on the country's membership to international copyright law, and this is generally an agreement between countries, or a group themselves.
For instance China AFAIK still does not adhere to any copyright membership, so pirate bay can exist there quiet freely.
:03:

[vanjast]

Man I must spend more time on the Internet, never heard about them until reading this thread. On the other hand forget it I rather read books.
As said above you can't keep crooks down they always come back.
I'd never heard of them until the kids mentioned it about a year ago.. All the kids were going nuts on this... it's just a rebellious phase. I was the same when younger.

The thing is about this sort of piracy.. is that the pirates are highly unlikely to buy the product anyway.

So while not being able to reduce piracy by any significant amount .. use it as a free advertising channel... you could reach an incredible market... and with gentle persuation, sell products for real, and make money on your pirate bay products by selling advertsing space.

But NNoooooo... business cannot pull their heads out their rear ends... :D

[Schroeder]

I'd never heard of them until the kids mentioned it about a year ago.. All the kids were going nuts on this... it's just a rebellious phase. I was the same when younger.

The thing is about this sort of piracy.. is that the pirates are highly unlikely to buy the product anyway.

So while not being able to reduce piracy by any significant amount .. use it as a free advertising channel... you could reach an incredible market... and with gentle persuation, sell products for real, and make money on your pirate bay products by selling advertsing space.

But NNoooooo... business cannot pull their heads out their rear ends... :D
Actually I think it would just give the pirated stuff a legitimate look and all your honest customers will rather go for the pirated version then than the other way around. People are cheap after all.

[Wolferz]

I have a friend who thought Pirate Bay was the best thing since peanut butter and jelly. He found out the hard way that crime doesn't pay. He lost his internet connection privileges by running so much data through his tubz that he got caught and prosecuted by the copyright holders.:-?

:arrgh!:Piracy doesn't pay:arrgh!:

[Red October1984]

Oh. Would you look at that. IsoHunt conveniently "revives" TPB.

Almost made it.... :-?

[Nippelspanner]

The pirate bay is more than just a domain, a page, an address to enter in your browser.
You can't stop it.

The whole "piracy is so bad bullcrap hypocrisy" thing is getting on my nerves.
I spend so much money on games - because I was able to check them out.
Think of that what you will, but the pirate bay isn't an evil thing, just some users are, those who take, take, take without giving back, without supporting by buying the product in the end.

Maybe this rings a bell:
The pirate bay doesn't pirate products, the pirates do.

[Wolferz]

The pirate bay is more than just a domain, a page, an address to enter in your browser.
You can't stop it.

The whole "piracy is so bad bullcrap hypocrisy" thing is getting on my nerves.
I spend so much money on games - because I was able to check them out.
Think of that what you will, but the pirate bay isn't an evil thing, just some users are, those who take, take, take without giving back, without supporting by buying the product in the end.

Maybe this rings a bell:
The pirate bay doesn't pirate products, the pirates do.

Nope, they don't. They just give the pirates a pass through channel for spreading the booty around. In legalese that's called Aiding and Abetting.

If you really wish to try before you buy, wouldn't a subscription to Gamefly be the right way to go?:hmmm:
Considering all of the turds these game publishers have been putting in the retail pipe for the last ten + years, they kind of brought it on themselves in a way and makes me wonder who the REAL pirates are.:stare:

[Sailor Steve]

I spend so much money on games - because I was able to check them out.
Just a reminder.
Any admission that you have in your possession illegal software can and usually will result in revocation of your Radio Room forum account and permanent ban. We do not care what you do on your computer in your home, but do not discuss it here.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_rules2_faq_item

[Nippelspanner]

Thanks Steve.
Of course I meant trying them on a friends computer. :D

[Nippelspanner]

If you really wish to try before you buy, wouldn't a subscription to Gamefly be the right way to go?:hmmm:
"Sorry, rental and subscription services are available in the U.S only."
I even had to google it, never heard of it before.

[Onkel Neal]

It's back
http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/pirate-bay-back-online-ahead-schedule/

[Jimbuna]

Even earlier than originally stated.

[Onkel Neal]

Yeah, I read somewhere that the PB entire catalog of torrent files and links only amount to 90MB, being that torrent files are so small. That would be a really easy system to have backups ready to transfer and go.

[Red October1984]

They just won't quit will they? :hmmm:

[Dowly]

They just won't quit will they? :hmmm:
Who? The police or the pirates? :O:

[Jimbuna]

Yeah, I read somewhere that the PB entire catalog of torrent files and links only amount to 90MB, being that torrent files are so small. That would be a really easy system to have backups ready to transfer and go.

Rgr that, the average torrent file size being between 10-20KB.

[Red October1984]

Who? The police or the pirates? :O:

Both. :timeout:

[Sharkstooth]

With Demonoid back, am surprised that TPB is even an issue

[Onkel Neal]

I think it's more just bc PB is noteworthy, than necessary.

And now another takedown, (http://torrentfreak.com/kickasstorrents-taken-domain-name-seizure-150209/)of sorts.... :doh:

[Rhodes]

Damn, I loved kickass.so torrents, that was my n.º 1 torret site for Jimbuna and friends videos download. The subsim series were the best! :D





I try, but realy can not deliver a good joke about our community. :oops:

[Jimbuna]

Damn, I loved kickass.so torrents, that was my n.º 1 torret site for Jimbuna and friends videos download. The subsim series were the best! :D





I try, but realy can not deliver a good joke about our community. :oops:

What one's do you have, I'm missing a few IIRC?

[Onkel Neal]

Damn, I loved kickass.so torrents, that was my n.º 1 torret site for Jimbuna and friends videos download. The subsim series were the best! :D





I try, but realy can not deliver a good joke about our community. :oops:

Send me an email, I'll send you a link for streaming. 26% more nudity.

[NeonSamurai]

Trust me, you'll wish it was 26% less nudity :D

[Rhodes]

http://movie-dude.co.uk/Title%20%27Monty%20Python%27s%20Flying%20Circus%20 1.8%20Full%20Frontal%20Nudity%20%281969%29.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

RAID!
https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/21/kickasstorrents-apple-facebook-homeland-security/

The fake ad

From November 2015, an undercover IRS Special Agent spoke with a KAT representative about hosting an advertisement that would direct visitors to an undercover site. An agreement was made and the ad, which purportedly advertised a program to study in the United States, would be placed on individual torrent listings for $300 per day. When it finally went live on March 14th 2016, a link appeared underneath the torrent download buttons for five days. It was a short campaign, but it was enough to link KAT to a Latvian bank account, one that received €28 million ($31 million) in deposits -- mainly from advertising payments -- between August 2015 and March 2016.



:haha::haha::haha: Wow, look at the money he was pulling down! Man, that's an amazing amount to make off of hosting pirated movies for free. :arrgh!:

[Jimbuna]

I'm obviously in the wrong business :doh:

[Nippelspanner]

Jesus...

[Feuer Frei!]

KAT will be back.

[Sailor Steve]

KAT will be back.
Old news. It's been back for a long time. Same with TPB. Those kinds of sites never go away for long.

[Dowly]

Old news. It's been back for a long time.Erm.. it was just taken down a week ago and remains offline.

[Rhodes]

Erm.. it was just taken down a week ago and remains offline.

Proxy sister's and copy sites are online but no new content is been had (so I heard...:D).
Possibly another torrent site will step in and fill the place, then it will be put off-line and another one will, etc etc and so one!

[Sailor Steve]

Erm.. it was just taken down a week ago and remains offline.
Erm... I'm looking at it right now.

Proxy sister's and copy sites are online but no new content is been had (so I heard...:D).
That would make sense, based on what I've seen and heard.

Possibly another torrent site will step in and fill the place, then it will be put off-line and another one will, etc etc and so one!
I don't think there's any "possibly" about it. Like weeds, there will always be another growing somewhere.

[Dowly]

Erm... I'm looking at it right now.
I stand corrected.