The Pirate Bay's Anonymity Service Signs 100,000 Users Pre-Launch
Over 100,000 people have already signed up for The Pirate Bay’s new anonymity service, Ipredator, designed to hide IP addresses from the authorities, the Bay's spokesman says.
Last Wednesday, the controversial Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) became law in Sweden. Its main goal is to enable copyright holders to acquire data identifying people linked to illegal file sharing. Wired.com reported last week that internet use in Sweden dipped by 30 percent when IPRED came into force on April 1.
Some 113,000 persons have signed up and are in queue for the Ipredator service, and about 80 percent are Swede, Peter Sunde, spokesperson for The Pirate Bay, said to the Swedish news agency TT Tuesday. The service was originally set to go live on April 1, but the unexpected high demand delayed it.
