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Pirate Bay cofounder Peter Sunde to run for European Parliament
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-05-16 23:13
Peter Sunde, one of four cofounders of notorious BitTorrent search site The Pirate Bay, says he plans to run in next year's European Parliament elections, despite his impending incarceration for copyright violation.
Sunde, along with partners Carl Lundström, Frederik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, were convicted of "accessory to breaching copyright laws" by a Swedish court in 2009.
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The Pirate Bay Moves to North Korea, Gets 'Virtual Asylum'
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-03-05 07:15
The Pirate Bay says it has been offered virtual asylum in North Korea. The move comes after the Norwegian Pirate Party was forced to stop routing traffic for the infamous BitTorrent site by a local copyright group. “We can reveal that we have been invited by the leader of the Republic of Korea, to fight our battles from their network,” the Pirate Bay says. A traceroute indeed suggests that The Pirate Bay is now being routed through the dictatorial country.
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Pirate Bay Censorship Backfires as New Proxies Bloom
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-12-24 00:14
After legal threats from the music industry the UK Pirate Party saw no other option than to shut down their Pirate Bay proxy service. However, as is usually the case with censorship, the Internet has found a way to route around it. Responding to the UK situation Pirate parties in Argentina and Luxembourg have decided to start fresh Pirate Bay proxies.
pirate bayAs reported earlier, the UK Pirate Party has taken the difficult decision to shut down their Pirate Bay proxy service.
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Pirate Party's Next Target: French Parliament
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-06-04 07:08
Founded in 2006 by a group of Swedes close to the Pirate Bay illegal download website, the Pirate Party has spread across Europe. The Pirates are the spiritual heirs of the libertarian hackers from the late 20th century, who dreamed of a free circulation of culture and knowledge on the Internet.
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The Pirate Bay adds new IP address for European users
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2012-05-23 07:39
The Pirate Bay has added a new IP address to access the popular website, in the intention of helping users in the U.K., the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy bypass their countries' court-mandated blockades, reports TorrentFreak.
Virgin and Orange, two U.K. Internet providers, have already blocked The Pirate Bay. Five more of the largest Internet providers in the U.K., including Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, and O2, will also have to implement the block before the end of May.
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