Pirate Bay Has Been Raided and Taken Down: Here’s What We Know

[D.O.A.]

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/pirate-bay-raided-taken-down/

The popular file-sharing service Pirate Bay was taken down today following a raid in Sweden by police who seized servers and computers.

The Pirate Bay portal went down Tuesday morning after Swedish police raided a server room in Stockholm over alleged copyright violations. In addition to its file-sharing section, Pirate Bay’s forum Suprbay.org was also down.

“There were a number of police officers and digital forensics experts there. This took place during the morning and continued until this afternoon. Several servers and computers were seized, but I cannot say exactly how many,” Swedish prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad told Radio Sweden.

Pirate Bay may not be the only target. According to TorrentFreak, other sites related to file sharing such as EZTV, Zoink, and Torrage went down today as well, though it’s not yet known if they were also raided.

[visualizeperfection]

It will be down for about 18 hours.

[D.O.A.]

It will be down for about 18 hours.

at the most

[muscleman-2013]

let me know when it's back up 

[Papper]

Police trying to stop the internet

Like bushmen shooting arrows at a military helicopter

[Bobby]

Already back up

http://thepiratebay.cr/

Press shift F5 if you can't see it

[_bruce_]

Motherfuckers terrorizing the citizens... swell job government.

[Mrdibbs]

Police trying to stop the internet

Like bushmen shooting arrows at a military helicopter

Indeed meaningless effort

[D.O.A.]

How in hell are they going to stop terrorism if they cant even stop a few nerds?

I'm serious.

Fuck everything become a pirate!

[pedro01]

It's theft.

Do you go to the DVD store and steal DVDs?

Nope - but somehow it's OK to do it online?

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

You have to be careful with Pirate Bay...its like Press Your Luck and the Whammie are those damn Cryptolocker programs....the source of income

[O.Z.]

It's theft.

Do you go to the DVD store and steal DVDs?

Nope - but somehow it's OK to do it online?

Yes it is ok.
Mind you the quality of downloaded products is not even close to DVD quality which is not really aceptable for such a well known establishment such as Pirate Bay.

[Army of One]

You have to be careful with Pirate Bay...its like Press Your Luck and the Whammie are those damn Cryptolocker programs....the source of income

What?

[MikMaq]

It's theft.

Do you go to the DVD store and steal DVDs?

Nope - but somehow it's OK to do it online?

Yawn whatever, this is what happens when you try to sell something that shouldn't be sold.

[MAXX]

Orders from america to our goverment. Hollywood producers thinks theyre losing money over it.

either way can't stop information on the net

[fredrollon]

Already back up

http://thepiratebay.cr/

Press shift F5 if you can't see it

Blocked in the UK at least.


From that link:

ACCESS TO THE WEBSITES LISTED ON THIS PAGE HAS BEEN BLOCKED PURSUANT TO ORDERS OF THE HIGH COURT
 
 
You have the right to apply to the High Court to vary or discharge the Orders below if you are affected by the blocks which have been imposed.  Any application must be made to the High Court directly and must (i) clearly indicate your identity and status as an applicant; (ii) be supported by evidence setting out and justifying the grounds of the application, and (iii) be notified to all parties 10 days in advance.
 


Identity of parties who obtained the Order:

Members of BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited and of Phonographic Performance Limited

Members of the MPA (Motion Picture Association of America Inc)

The Football Association Premier League Limited

[_bruce_]

It's theft.

Do you go to the DVD store and steal DVDs?

Nope - but somehow it's OK to do it online?

It is if you're a cheap skate, download and never buy anything. Unfortunately many people are scammers - download blue ray versions of movies they really like and never drop a dime for the real thing. No even a dvd release for a few bucks.
The pdfs I've downloaded have been purchased via ebay later.  
Fundamentally I understand where you're coming from it should be like many rippers state in their .nfo - try then buy.

[pedro01]

Yawn whatever, this is what happens when you try to sell something that shouldn't be sold.

So in your communist utopia, movies should be free? Perhaps provided by the government?

[MikMaq]

So in your communist utopia, movies should be free? Perhaps provided by the government?

Yawn, shit will still get made, albeit with far less cgi and other bullshit, but shit will still get made.


if you know anything about how this is financed you'll understand the bulk of the money is miles from having anything to do with creating actual content.

[D.O.A.]

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[thegamechanger]

there is nothing worth downloading on the internet never have been, never will be.

[D.O.A.]

Would you take a picure of Lou Ferrigno for free?

OK then.

[Croatch]

there is nothing worth downloading on the internet never have been, never will be.

Funniest comment I've ever read.  Thanks.

Have you heard of music, porn, and programs?

[Julio Ceasar]

Meanwhile in New OEEEERRRRleans

[Griffith]

I have sympathy for the profits of the billionaire multi-national corporations who are now robbed of even higher profits and the struggling lifestyles of the multi-millionaire celebrities.