Jun 30 2009Miss You: The Pirate Bay Has Been Sold
The Pirate Bay, one of the world's best known torrent search portals, is being sold to some Swedish firm. It will no longer be so piratey.
Global 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."
"Legal service"...."paid for content"....they better change the name.
Pirate Bay sold, to become more like Carnival Cruise Lines [arstechnica]
Thanks to Thumperchica and Zombie Pirate LeChuck, who agrees this isn't even Disney Pirate's Bay any more.
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Reader Comments
1. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 30, 2009 11:51 AM
Yar! This be bullshit mateys!
2. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 30, 2009 11:51 AM
It's about time!
3. Yohoho - June 30, 2009 11:53 AM
I'm a pirate, Arrrgh!!!!
http://driftwood-x.mybrute.com
4. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - June 30, 2009 11:53 AM
#3 is a total butt pirate...
5. Sexy Beast. - June 30, 2009 11:53 AM
Yar! Filthy landlubbers be after me booty!
6. naas - June 30, 2009 11:54 AM
riiiing.........ring.........riiiiiiing................RIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGah.........
"STOP PLAYN ON MY PHONE, EYM UUUUUP" *click
Torrenting shall never die kids, never
7. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 30, 2009 11:55 AM
@6
Until something better comes along.
8. naas - June 30, 2009 11:56 AM
That print would make for some great blotter art, the little squares are already perforated - aren't they deez?
9. Daisy - June 30, 2009 11:58 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene int he movie Never Back Down where Max was supposed to go sailing with Baja and her family. He was late, and when he caught up, found that the family was captured by pirates one of which looked suspiciously like Frank Costanza. He was able to defeat the pirates, and win the trust of Baja's dad.
10. Rich Waffle-U - June 30, 2009 12:01 PM
They want copyright owners to get PAID for content? Why don't they just come to my house and have sex with my mother, too? Payment indeed.
I am disinclined to acquiesce to their request. Set sail for Isohunt or something.
11. naas - June 30, 2009 12:02 PM
Daisy♥
12. Aaron Rabinowitz - June 30, 2009 12:02 PM
@9
we can only hope!!
13. Jerry - June 30, 2009 12:03 PM
Yar, I be payin' fer me own crap now.
http://bootelicious.mybrute.com
14. STOMPY - June 30, 2009 12:11 PM
The Trifecta is complete people (or are we up to quintupletes or something). Another Celeb is dead!!!
15. Ollie Williams - June 30, 2009 12:14 PM
Delete thepiratebay.com bookmark: Check.
Drag mininova.com to Safari's bookmark bar: Check.
16. LSDiesel - June 30, 2009 12:20 PM
@naas, that's right my friend!
@3 and 13,
try this one on
www.no-one-cares-about-your-stupid-site-so-stop-polluting-the-comments-with-your-douche-baggery.com
17. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 30, 2009 12:29 PM
http://www.local12.com/news/local/story/Boy-Gets-Wild-Ride-When-Inflatable-Slide-Goes/n-PP1CUBUk6BgB-bTmlcfA.cspx
HAHAHAHAHAHA! I wish I was there to see his face.
18. fffffffffffffffff - June 30, 2009 12:30 PM
id sell that shit for $4million profit (after legal fees) too.
19. bendizle - June 30, 2009 12:31 PM
@16 *snicker* you said douche baggery
^___^
20. rancor - June 30, 2009 12:38 PM
it never stops amazing me how daisy can come up with something different thread after thread so
@11 agreed
@9 <3
21. Milkman - June 30, 2009 12:40 PM
can't believe how hard they got slapped with a fine
don't think they will ever stop piracy on the net. it would take a total reinvention of the model for the reasons behind why people pirate.
22. manders - June 30, 2009 12:47 PM
Piracy will never be stopped! :) They've found ways before it was all public and mainstreamed, and now that 8 year olds know more about a computer than i do, it's not going to stop.
@21 haven't been on here long, but am starting to love daisy
@16 can anyone tell me what this mybrute crap is, and why everyone keeps posting links to it?
23. LSDiesel - June 30, 2009 12:51 PM
@23, I couldn't tell you what it was. I don't click on links that tools post.
24. Bloodnose The Pirate - June 30, 2009 12:52 PM
@23 imagine if myspace & tamagachi had a bastard child... that's what mybrute is
25. Drew - June 30, 2009 12:56 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
This is the equivelant of geekologie selling out to msnbc!
THIS MAKES ME WANT TO BREAK THINGS!!!!
26. donna - June 30, 2009 1:00 PM
No!!! More global warming!
27. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 30, 2009 1:09 PM
@23
It's like Neopets with less games and no fun.
28. manders - June 30, 2009 1:36 PM
@24, 25, 28 sounds gay.....stupid tools
29. Steph - June 30, 2009 1:52 PM
Any sexy men call me 631-708-4240 I will e waiting ^_^
30. Milkman - June 30, 2009 2:22 PM
What if I'm a sexy alien who uses my penis for both breathing, eating, and schtupping?
31. mungs - June 30, 2009 2:35 PM
18- I like slide story more than pirate story.
32. Linda Leona - June 30, 2009 3:48 PM
WTF? The Pirate bay was the best. To those who use bit torrent sites, try www.speckly.com Its combines the nets 10 best search engines for bit torrents.
Viva la bit torrent!
33. Marblecake - June 30, 2009 4:23 PM
So... no-one remembers Napster? Popular illegal download service that got busted, then came back as a legal download thing that quickly faded to obscurity? Perhaps these guys will turn a profit, but not a big one.
34. Beastman AIDS - June 30, 2009 4:36 PM
is the pirates died?
35. lc - July 1, 2009 12:25 AM
this is very sad. rip the pirate bay
36. Jaded Icon - July 1, 2009 6:48 AM
From what I understand it was a hostile takeover in the boardroom by Ninja Bay, Inc.
37. Rhialto - July 1, 2009 8:34 AM
That's good news for the former owners but bad news for the regular visitors.I guess business first after all.
38. azzy - July 1, 2009 10:50 AM
What's this? TPB wants us to be consumers of Mininova? OK, no problem :)
39. Frosty - July 2, 2009 4:17 AM
no bloody way. that's one of my favorite sites. :( :(
40. noodle - July 2, 2009 9:27 AM
i say we toss on some wooden legs and siege the X AB and take the pirate bay back...pirate style!
41. Danny - July 3, 2009 3:30 AM
Here are my hopes:
-it stays free
-quality standards are put in place
-people earn benefits for uploading and seeding
As it stands, however, it'll probably turn out to be a pretty lame site. Didn't BitTorrent.com offer torrents that you pay for?
Good thing private torrents still rock.
42. Yeags - July 3, 2009 6:03 PM
It's not like there aren't dozens of other torrent sites, but the pirate bay was the best. It was always easy to get whatever you needed fast. Other sites just don't have enough seeders to make it worth your time. Pirate bay never had that problem.
Though I suppose once the pirate bay goes under or legitimizes or whatever, more people will migrate to the other torrent sites which will also help improve seeding. In a way, pirating will never be shutdown. It will just adapt.
43. shooter - October 21, 2009 4:10 PM
What good are sniper rifles if nobody is going to use them?