Pirate Bay Taken down

POGE · May 31, 2006, 07:07 PM

In the morning of 2006-05-31 the Swedish National Criminal Police showed a search warrant to Rix|Port80 personnell. The warrant was valid for all datacentres of Rix|Port80 and was directed at The Pirate Bay. The allegation was breach of copy-right law, alternatively assisting breach of copy-right law.

The police officers were allowed access to the racks where the TPB servers and other servers are hosted. All servers in the racks were clearly marked as to which sites run on each. The police took down all servers in the racks, including the non-commercial site Piratbyrån, the mission of which is to defend the rights of TPB via public debate.

According to police officers simultaneously questioning the president of Rix|Port80, the purpose of the search warrant is to take down TPB in order to secure evidence of the allegations mentioned above.

The necessity for securing technical evidence for the existance of a web-service which is fully official, the legality of which has been under public debate for years and whose principals are public persons giving regular press interviews, could not be explained. Asked for other reasoning behind the choice to take down a site, without knowing wether it is illegal or not, the officers explained that this is normal.

The TPB can receive compensation from the Swedish state in case that the upcoming legal processes show that TPB is indeed legal.

Source: ThePirateBay

wazzledoozle · May 31, 2006, 07:12 PM

Those mother fuckers. I am going to kill them all

Funny thing is I am downloading vista beta 2 from their tracker and its still running, although I think this is because of Azareus's decentralized tracker system if the main tracker goes down.

pt · May 31, 2006, 07:16 PM

I can't see their site

KennyT772 · May 31, 2006, 07:25 PM

they need to die now bitches... and no duh u cant see their site as their servers are sitting in a storage building waiting for some egghead to look at all the .torrant files on the servers.

wazzledoozle · May 31, 2006, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KennyT772

they need to die now bitches... and no duh u cant see their site as their servers are sitting in a storage building waiting for some egghead to look at all the .torrant files on the servers.

Actually the site was working for a while, it had the page about it being shut down. Now it just doesnt work at all

HookeyStreet · May 31, 2006, 07:36 PM

Im gutted

pt · May 31, 2006, 07:52 PM

Because wazzledoozle said he can still download, i think i still could see their page, gess not...

newtekie1 · May 31, 2006, 08:07 PM

The trackers are not stored on their site, only the .torrent files which contain the location of the tracker. So as long as you already have the download started or at least have the .torrent file then you should still be able to connect to the trackers just like normal and download from peers just like normal.

That is one of the beauties of bittorrent. It can't be stopped just by taking down one server.

TBP will be replaced by another site just like it eventually, which will get taken down and replaced with another and so on.

warup89 · May 31, 2006, 08:14 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! pirate bay was one of the best torrent web page

POGE · May 31, 2006, 08:18 PM

The site is now completely down. No page.

mcloughj · May 31, 2006, 11:17 PM

did a bit of reading around, it could be a hoax, they've done similar before. fingers crossed!

OOTay · May 31, 2006, 11:43 PM

damn them all.

POGE · Jun 1, 2006, 12:04 AM

The page telling that it is now back up. This doesn't look like a hoax.

wazzledoozle · Jun 1, 2006, 01:44 AM

They just bought a bunch of new servers, I doubt the people who run TPB ran those at the isp's location. They will probably be back up in a few days running through proxies

//mAr · Jun 1, 2006, 03:13 PM

i also think tpb will be back soon... but demenoid etc is also not bad at all ...

newtekie1 · Jun 1, 2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by //mAr

i also think tpb will be back soon... but demenoid etc is also not bad at all ...

I wish I could use demonoid...though I can't find anyone that wants to give me an invitation code.

OOTay · Jun 2, 2006, 12:13 AM

demonoid is ok... but some of there speeds are crap. you can still download stuff without a registration i think. but mininova.org is a great place to get stuff too. oh and TPB will be back up in 2 days it looks like..

May 31, 2006, 07:07 PM	#1
POGE Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In banjo's Goats. Posts: 1,387 (0.50/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	Pirate Bay Taken down In the morning of 2006-05-31 the Swedish National Criminal Police showed a search warrant to Rix\|Port80 personnell. The warrant was valid for all datacentres of Rix\|Port80 and was directed at The Pirate Bay. The allegation was breach of copy-right law, alternatively assisting breach of copy-right law. The police officers were allowed access to the racks where the TPB servers and other servers are hosted. All servers in the racks were clearly marked as to which sites run on each. The police took down all servers in the racks, including the non-commercial site Piratbyrån, the mission of which is to defend the rights of TPB via public debate. According to police officers simultaneously questioning the president of Rix\|Port80, the purpose of the search warrant is to take down TPB in order to secure evidence of the allegations mentioned above. The necessity for securing technical evidence for the existance of a web-service which is fully official, the legality of which has been under public debate for years and whose principals are public persons giving regular press interviews, could not be explained. Asked for other reasoning behind the choice to take down a site, without knowing wether it is illegal or not, the officers explained that this is normal. The TPB can receive compensation from the Swedish state in case that the upcoming legal processes show that TPB is indeed legal. Source: ThePirateBay Last edited by POGE; May 31, 2006 at 07:15 PM.

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May 31, 2006, 07:12 PM	#2
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May 31, 2006, 07:16 PM	#3
pt not a suicide-bomber Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 5,877 (2.24/day) Thanks: 106 Thanked 219 Times in 193 Posts System Specs	I can't see their site

May 31, 2006, 07:25 PM	#4
KennyT772 Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,933 (1.08/day) Thanks: 19 Thanked 103 Times in 98 Posts System Specs	they need to die now bitches... and no duh u cant see their site as their servers are sitting in a storage building waiting for some egghead to look at all the .torrant files on the servers. __________________ Xfire Heatware

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May 31, 2006, 07:52 PM	#7
pt not a suicide-bomber Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 5,877 (2.24/day) Thanks: 106 Thanked 219 Times in 193 Posts System Specs	Because wazzledoozle said he can still download, i think i still could see their page, gess not... Last edited by pt; May 31, 2006 at 08:22 PM.

May 31, 2006, 08:07 PM	#8
newtekie1 Semi-Retired Folder Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 17,748 (6.48/day) Thanks: 780 Thanked 5,115 Times in 3,706 Posts System Specs	The trackers are not stored on their site, only the .torrent files which contain the location of the tracker. So as long as you already have the download started or at least have the .torrent file then you should still be able to connect to the trackers just like normal and download from peers just like normal. That is one of the beauties of bittorrent. It can't be stopped just by taking down one server. TBP will be replaced by another site just like it eventually, which will get taken down and replaced with another and so on.

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May 31, 2006, 08:14 PM	#9
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May 31, 2006, 08:18 PM	#10
POGE Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In banjo's Goats. Posts: 1,387 (0.50/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	The site is now completely down. No page. __________________ pogeybait

May 31, 2006, 11:17 PM	#11
mcloughj Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 283 (0.10/day) Thanks: 58 Thanked 56 Times in 32 Posts System Specs	did a bit of reading around, it could be a hoax, they've done similar before. fingers crossed!

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May 31, 2006, 11:43 PM	#12
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Jun 1, 2006, 12:04 AM	#13
POGE Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In banjo's Goats. Posts: 1,387 (0.50/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	The page telling that it is now back up. This doesn't look like a hoax. __________________ pogeybait

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wazzledoozle Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 4,316 (1.35/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 166 Times in 89 Posts System Specs	They just bought a bunch of new servers, I doubt the people who run TPB ran those at the isp's location. They will probably be back up in a few days running through proxies __________________ *bellybuttons are great holes, their single purpose is to suck up pinkys* -DanTheBanjoman

Jun 1, 2006, 03:13 PM	#15
//mAr Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: near Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 185 (0.06/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts System Specs	i also think tpb will be back soon... but demenoid etc is also not bad at all ...

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Jun 2, 2006, 12:13 AM	#17
OOTay Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cali Posts: 399 (0.15/day) Thanks: 17 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts System Specs	demonoid is ok... but some of there speeds are crap. you can still download stuff without a registration i think. but mininova.org is a great place to get stuff too. oh and TPB will be back up in 2 days it looks like..

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