http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/pirate-bay-sold-going-legit-music-biz-cautiously-optimistic.arsGlobal Gaming Factory X AB, a Swedish firm that runs Internet cafes and game centers, plans to buy The Pirate Bay for 60 million kronor (~$8 million), twice the fine that was slapped on The Pirate Bay defendants by a Stockholm court earlier this year....the new owners plan to make it a legal service that allows "content providers and copyright owners [to] get paid for content that is downloaded via the site."
6/30/2009 1:48:23 PM
they come and they go...oh how i knew ye
6/30/2009 1:49:44 PM
$10 says they're not finished.They'll just start from scratch.
6/30/2009 1:52:08 PM
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6/30/2009 1:52:50 PM
ahahah[Edited on June 30, 2009 at 1:53 PM. Reason : tww karma]
i imagine this will work out as well as it did for napster
6/30/2009 1:57:28 PM
wow, this is a good way to start a new businesscreate illegal website, get lots of traffic then sell it
6/30/2009 2:00:44 PM
Sounds like they're gettin nael'd
6/30/2009 2:21:26 PM
more like The Pirate Gay has been LOL'ed amirite?
6/30/2009 2:21:50 PM
^^ haha[Edited on June 30, 2009 at 2:22 PM. Reason : s]
6/30/2009 2:22:03 PM
So what is this shyte anyway?
6/30/2009 2:23:18 PM
Now you'll have to go elsewhere for shitty movies.
6/30/2009 2:36:51 PM
ibNoenrantoh, wait, this is chit chat
6/30/2009 2:53:39 PM
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6/30/2009 3:00:59 PM
5 alternatives to the pirate bayhttp://www.zeropaid.com/news/86532/5-alternative-the-pirate-bay-bittorrent-sites/
7/1/2009 9:34:50 PM
7/1/2009 9:36:26 PM
Good business model.
7/1/2009 9:38:26 PM
^^you being sarcastic? Doesn't matter what the site offers, if it generates tons of traffic is has the potential to generate legal revenue at some point^indeed[Edited on July 1, 2009 at 9:38 PM. Reason : .]
7/1/2009 9:38:32 PM
I, too, watch g4tv.
7/1/2009 9:46:22 PM