PirateBay shut down?

[PLAfiller]

I got it from my news feed: Source: TorrentFreak.

It has been clear to me torrenting is theft. On the other side, pirates offer pretty good service compared to other streaming models (like Netflix for example). I don't really know much about PirateBay. There was a documentary, at least one. I have always wondered how people make accounts there? I've never seen a button "register".

Does it bother you that the Bay is sinking?

 

[INSTG8R]

Not as much as EZTV being down.

 

[EarthDog]

The Data Center they were running out of in Sweden was raided, yep...

 

[FreedomEclipse]

did someone mention the raid??

 

[PLAfiller]

Not as much as EZTV being down.

Had to check in Wikipedia to see what EZTV is. Never heard of these guys before.

did someone mention the raid??

That corridor scene...man. Huh, I had to look away at some points. Too much machete action there.

 

[Blue-Knight]

I voted "Relax, it is going to come back in a few days".

If not, there are other hundreds of similar sites.

I have always wondered how people make accounts there? I've never seen a button "register".

I have an account there. There is a registration form. Anyone can register and upload torrent files.

It has been clear to me torrenting is theft.

Sharing files over bit torrent protocol is not illegal, sharing/downloading/uploading copyrighted material can be illegal. It depends what you share or download/upload.

Example:
Downloading/uploading an Ubuntu CD image is OK.
Downloading/uploading a Windows® operating system CD image is not.

Windows is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Example:
Downloading/uploading an Ubuntu CD image is OK.
Downloading/uploading a Windows® operating system CD image is not.

Windows is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

well downloading isn't illegal where i am, sharing on the opposite is... pretty funny in the end
alternative: you can download anything as long as you don't share it afterward.

not that i support cracking and warez downloading ofc

 

[lilhasselhoffer]

I'm not in the slightest bit influenced by this.

Torrenting, in and of itself, is not a crime. I can legally share any media I generate, anything that allows sharing in the user agreements, and it can act as a means for an artist to distribute their content without the need for a large scale network (ie: google play, itunes, etc...). People always equating torrenting with piracy is a problem.


The Pirate Bay flaunted their work-arounds of the legal system, and became the large target every anti-piracy group wanted to hit. It isn't hard to see that they'd eventually be taken down. This hubris, combined with condoning piracy, is what leads to their problems. In short, they ran an extremely risky service, because the rewards were present.


Seeing this incarnation of the Pirate Bay die isn't special. If they aren't back inside of a week, somebody else will pick-up the traffic. I'm more interested to see if the media blows this capture out of proportion. Hopefully if they do we can have a more open and honest discussion about IP in the digital age. As it stands, IP laws are poorly defined for the internet.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

I got it from my news feed: Source: TorrentFreak.

It has been clear to me torrenting is theft.

Don't be ridiculous and spread BS!!!! Torrenting is nothing more than a better way to transfer files. It's a better, more reliable, and more secure way of transferring files.

So I suppose anytime I torrent a new Linux ISO I am a thief...Get your definitions straight. Piracy is Piracy...Torrents are just another way to move data.

 

[natr0n]

" Where am I gonna get my half assed shitty console ports now "

This news doesn't bother me , besides anyone smart is on private sites.

 

[RCoon]

I get an awful lot of music from bandcamp and mininova, because the music on there is better, is completely legal, and not piled with DRM or dodgy downloaders (and they offer FLAC quality). They use torrents as one of many means of distribution. And I don't mind paying for that service one bit.

TPB was and still is just a body created to flaunt how stupid the legal system is across europe, in that no matter how much time or resources these people pour into cracking down on pirating, some guy is just going to reupload the 78mb file that contains the whole of TPB back on another website. These people are wasting colossal fortunes to bring it down, instead of just muscling out the attractiveness of TPB by offering better solutions for obtaining music, software, games and movies. People don't pirate when netflix is so cheap, when steam sales are so cheap, and when spotify is free.

Will the TPB go back up? Yes. Will these morons ever stop chasing an unobtainable dream of squashing all piracy? Never. They'd rather waste their time fixing a problem they made, when all they have to do is provide reasonable solutions to bring consumers a vastly superior market experience.

Netflix and other TV streaming services solved half of it, Spotify blatantly solved half of it. There are people out there that will literally pay for nothing, and they will stop at nothing to get that for free. It doesn't matter what anybody does to solve that problem, those people will always exist. Some people only turn to piracy when they've been given no alternative (for example, the BBC won't let me pay them to buy a permanent download of one of their TV series or documentaries, so I only have access to it for 30 days according to their terms). Because I work in public sector, I can't just torrent it and solve the problem, but that's the kind of thing that drives people into doing it.

 

[jboydgolfer]

http://thepiratebay.cr

Costa Rica.Some is not complete, but it's there.

 

[newtekie1]

It will be back up pretty quickly. When they made the switch to magnet links the size of the site was reduced to be small enough to fit on a flash drive exactly for situations like this.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

TPB is like the terminator - It doesnt bleed so they cant kill it.

unless they stop the founders from accessing the internet but even then im sure a few tech savvy people know how to rip sites like TBP or already have working copies on a flash drive which they can simply migrate over to another data center or server to get it hosted. To simply put it, TPB is like a weed growing amongst your marigolds Unless you pull it out by the roots it will just keep on growing.

 

[PLAfiller]

Don't be ridiculous and spread BS!!!! Torrenting is nothing more than a better way to transfer files. It's a better, more reliable, and more secure way of transferring files.

So I suppose anytime I torrent a new Linux ISO I am a thief...Get your definitions straight. Piracy is Piracy...Torrents are just another way to move data.

Yeah. Point taken. I was too lazy to write. Of course torrents as medium is legal. Come on, simplest example apart from Linux, I download Uniegnine Hеaven benchamark with a torrent.

 

[Octopuss]

Where was TPB running up until now? Anyone knows? I thought they learned their lesson and chose a country where international police had no authority.

P.S. Isn't one of the founder in jail for multiple cases of hacking and theft or something? I mean, people are idolizing them as some internet freedom heroes, but let's face it, the only thing TPB is (and ever was) about is giving access to pirated content, and at least some of the guys aren't even very nice persons. Hacking is, no matter the motive, just wrong.

 

[buildzoid]

Where was TPB running up until now? Anyone knows? I thought they learned their lesson and chose a country where international police had no authority.

P.S. Isn't one of the founder in jail for multiple cases of hacking and theft or something? I mean, people are idolizing them as some internet freedom heroes, but let's face it, the only thing TPB is (and ever was) about is giving access to pirated content, and at least some of the guys aren't even very nice persons. Hacking is, no matter the motive, just wrong.

They ran it of the servers belonging to the Swedish Pirate Party. However it has always running of 1 rack so they could just make new TPB in a couple hours given that they find a new adequate server spot.

I use pirate for get music in FLAC format because iTunes doesn't sell that and getting CDs of bands I listen to in the CZ is often enough impossible. If the band has a bandcamp I gladly pay for the music and even pay extra if the artist doesn't seem to be selling enough.

 

[Octopuss]

Ah, a fellow czech member I don't remember ever seeing anyone from CZ over here

I download music as well. I bought some in past, but cds are pain in the ass, and just collect dust.
Until bands start to offer their work in FLAC, I will keep on downloading. Itunes I'd never touch even with a 2m long pole, the entire service is one huge pile of horse shit (like most Apple stuff, but that's just my opinion).

 

[Jaffakeik]

Never used it,I us only russian torrents,who never will be shut down or blocked by Boradband supplier,even tho its 95% for anime purposes anyway.

 

[FireFox]

I don't know where you live people, last night I was reading that PirateBay was online from Costa Rica.

I have been using PirateBay for a long time, when I was living in Italy, Ireland and Scotland I downloaded all the crap possible i needed, but since I came in Germany 6 years ago I got many fines (10.000€/500€/ 2.000€ due to download, of course I never paid it.

 

[vega22]

it was down for around 28 hours.

tax payers money well spent....

 

[FireFox]

it was down for around 28 hours.

tax payers money well spent....

That's right, it was!

Governments waste a lot of money and resources fighting a war already lost from the beginning, Whenever the FBI shutdown a server PirateBay Become stronger and stronger, so the Governments and its D*** Heads allies instead spend money and be playing cat and mouse would be better if they think to other problems more serious than PirateBay.

 

[claylomax]

it was down for around 28 hours

Must be a record.

 

[Jetster]

didn't they have a sever in a hot air balloon at one point?

 

[Rowsol]

Well this sucks. At least KAT is still on.