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  1. bit-hdtv.com News From now on the banner is clickable. Click on it to get an instant search of the movie.
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  3. Redemption.pw : News As a member of Redemption you must abide by site rules ,this means using a client acceptable here is what is in site rules. Allowed Clients on Site BitTornado-0.3.17 BitTorrent 6 0 build 4747 final l Deluge 1.3.1 Deluge 1.3.5 rTorrent 0.8.1 > 0.9.2 Torrent Spate : News Pour une nouvelle fois, nous avons fait une petite mise a jour concernant le SeedTime afin d'éviter que vous accumuliez des Hit&Runs inutilement. Vous devez maintenir en partage chaque torrent complété au moins 24 heures. Sauf si vous avez partagé un ratio de 1.1 sur ce torrent. Il n'est pas nécessaire de maintenir le partage 24 heures consécutives, mais nous recommandons d'atteindre ce temps en moins de 7 jours. Translate For once again, we made a small update on the seedtime to prevent you accumulate the Hit & Runs unnecessarily. You must keep each torrent sharing completed at least 24 hours. Unless you've shared a ratio of 1.1 this torrent. It is not necessary to maintain the shares 24 consecutive hours, but we recommend to reach this time in less than 7 days.
  4. Transmission 2.03 uTorrent 1.6.1 uTorrent 1.8.0 uTorrent 2.2.0 Build 23071 uTorrent 2.2.1 Build 25154 uTorrent 3.2.2 Build 28500 uTorrent 1.5.14 Build 26699 MAC uTorrent 1.8.40 Build 29971 MAC No other torrent clients are supported, if you use another client and have any problems with your stats not reporting correctly - Sorry, we cannot help you. The following list of torrent clients have been proven to be reporting 'Bad Data' to our tracker (something we could mistake as evidence of cheating) and are thereby banned for use here. ABC aria2/1.9.0 Azureus/Vuze BitLet.org/0.1 Bitlord BTuga Cloud based servers, Any Client, Any version. FinalTorrent GnomeBT GSTorrent Justseed.it - Any client, Any version JS0900 client of above Ktorrent (All versions) NSPlayer/9.0.0.2000 SymTorrent Tixati (All Versions) Transmission (All versions above 2.03 including web-gui versions) wmTorrent 2.1.6 (wmTorrent 2.1.0.6) UTorrent 3.3 and ABOVE WMTR all beta clients unless you comply to a acceptable client your download capability will be stopped ROBBO SYSOP contact me if you have a issue
  5. Google Fiber Sends Automated Piracy ‘Fines’ to Subscribers Google Fiber is forwarding copyright infringement notices to its subscribers including controversial and automated piracy fines. Through these notices, rightsholders demand settlements of up to hundreds of dollars. Google's decision to forward these emails is surprising, as the company generally has a good track record of protecting consumer interests. Every month Google receives dozens of millions of DMCA takedown requests from copyright holders, most of which are directed at its search engine. However, with Google Fiber being rolled out in more cities, notices targeting allegedly pirating Internet subscribers are becoming more common as well. These include regular takedown notices but also the more controversial settlement demands sent by companies such as Rightscorp and CEG TEK. Instead of merely alerting subscribers that their connections have been used to share copyright infringing material, these notices serve as automated fines, offering subscribers settlements ranging from $20 to $300. The scheme uses the standard DMCA takedown process which means that the copyright holder doesn’t have to go to court or even know who the recipient is. In fact, the affected subscriber is often not the person who shared the pirated file. To protect customers against these practices many ISPs including Comcast, Verizon and AT&T have chosen not to forward settlement demands. However, information received by TF shows that Google does take part. Over the past week we have seen settlement demands from Rightscorp and CEG TEK which were sent to Google Fiber customers. In an email, Google forwards the notice with an additional warning that repeated violations may result in a permanent disconnection. “Repeated violations of our Terms of Service may result in remedial action being taken against your Google Fiber account, up to and including possible termination of your service,” Google Fiber writes. http://torrentfreak.com/images/fiberwarning1.png Below Google’s message is the notification with the settlement demand, which in this example was sent on behalf of music licensing outfit BMG. In the notice, the subscriber is warned over possible legal action if the dispute is not settled. “BMG will pursue every available remedy including injunctions and recovery of attorney’s fees, costs and any and all other damages which are incurred by BMG as a result of any action that is commenced against you,” the notice reads. http://torrentfreak.com/images/bmgwarning.png Facing such threatening language many subscribers are inclined to pay up, which led some to accuse the senders of harassment and abuse. In addition, several legal experts have spoken out against this use of the DMCA takedown process. Mitch Stoltz, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) previously told us that Internet providers should carefully review what they’re forwarding to their users. Under U.S. law they are not required to forward DMCA notices and forwarding these automated fines may not be in the best interest of consumers. “In the U.S., ISPs don’t have any legal obligation to forward infringement notices in their entirety. An ISP that cares about protecting its customers from abuse should strip out demands for money before forwarding infringement notices. Many do this,” Stoltz said. According to Stoltz these settlement demands are often misleading or inaccurate, suggesting that account holders are responsible for all use of their Internet connections. “The problem with notices demanding money from ISP subscribers is that they’re often misleading. They often give the impression that the person whose name is on the ISP bill is legally responsible for all infringement that might happen on the Internet connection, which is simply not true,” he notes. While Google is certainly not the only ISP that forwards these notices it is the biggest name involved. TF asked Google why they have decided to forward the notices in their entirely but unfortunately the company did not respond to our request for comment. http://torrentfreak.com/google-fiber...orrentfreak%29
  6. “Copyright trolling” movie studio gets hit with Godzilla-sized lawsuit Voltage Pictures sued thousands for torrenting. Now, it's the alleged infringer. Most mass-copyright lawsuits today are filed over pornographic material. One movie studio, Voltage Pictures, has tread its own path, combining a knack for making critically acclaimed mainstream films with a strong interest in suing online movie pirates. Voltage sued thousands of John Doe defendants it says downloaded The Hurt Locker and more recently sued hundreds for downloading the Academy Award-winning Dallas Buyers Club. Now, the Japanese company that owns intellectual property rights to Godzilla says that it's Voltage that has blown off copyright laws. In a lawsuit (PDF) filed yesterday, Toho Co. says that Voltage is promoting a new Godzilla film, starring Anne Hathaway, without its permission. Voltage has been promoting the new film, called Colossal, at the recent Cannes Film Festival. It sent out a promotional e-mail that includes a publicity image from the 2014 movie Godzilla, which, unlike Colossal, acquired Toho's permission to use the character. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, doesn't hesitate to call out Voltage's hypocrisy in defending its own copyright while blowing off the need to license the rights to Godzilla. "uch blatant infringement of another's intellectual property is wrong enough," Toho lawyers write in their complaint. "That defendants, who are known for zealously protecting their own copyrights, would do so is outrageous in the extreme." http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conten...sal.email_.png Godzilla was created in 1954, and the movie Godzilla, King of the Monsters was released in the US in 1956. The plot describes how a lizard monster was re-awakened by the detonation of an atomic bomb. Toho produced 27 sequel films over the years. In 1981, the company acquired a US trademark to the name and character image of Godzilla. The Toho v. Voltage lawsuit includes trademark as well as copyright claims. The lawsuit says that Colossal is using the Godzilla character for its traditional purpose—annihilating the city of Tokyo. The project is set to be directed by Nacho Vigalondo, who boasted in 2014 that he intends to make "the cheapest Godzilla movie ever." While Toho is calling out Voltage for their alleged copyright hypocrisy, Toho is a vigorous litigator itself. The company's lawyers compelled Subway to remove a rampaging lizard from an ad campaign, and settled with Warner Bros. for an undisclosed sum over an unlicensed Godzilla chase scene in the 1985 flick, Pee Wee's Big Adventure. Toho also sued Honda for having a Godzilla float in the Rose Parade, settling that case in 1991. It even went after an Arizona rock band that briefly called itself Asshole Godzilla, before it lost its name and Internet domain to Toho lawyers.
  7. Indietorrents : News Baldy's Sweetness: May 2015 (Italian Experimental Music) http://i.imgur.com/ukL8Jc1.png Italy is notably famous for its 1700s and 1800s classical music composers like Giuseppe Verdi and Gioachino Rossini, for its opera singers and for the "cantautori" which are essentially (more or less) traditional singer-songwriters. Apart from that, since the 50s, Italian underground music has constantly surfaced production from avant garde composers (Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio and many others), 70s prog groups (Area, Arti & Mestieri etc...) and 80s electronic or giallo/thriller soundtrack producers (i.e. Goblin). Today there are some Italian artists well known in the international indie-music scene, mostly as sound artists (a lot from out on the milanese Die Schachtel label), but there are also few post rock, occult psychedelia and traditional music groups. Feel free to upload everything can be considered italian non-mainstream music and, obviously, that is RIAA safe.
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  10. Save the Avengers From Online Pirates Intellectual property piracy is a big and ever-growing problem. Superheroes, as we've seen in the movies based on the Marvel Comics characters Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk and Thor, can win the fight against giant wormlike creatures from outer space, sinister conspiracies inside government security agencies, gods from other realms, and artificially intelligent cybermen trying to bring about the end of the world. But even they can't defeat the plague of intellectual property pirates populating the Internet. Every year, every day even, millions of dollars in U.S. investment and productivity are lost to criminals who illegally reproduce, sell, retransmit or restream creative content they have stolen from those who developed it or are otherwise licensed to produce it. The funds derived from such activities not only help support criminal cartels but, according to former Obama national security adviser Gen. James Jones (ret.), go toward supporting the activities of terrorist groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State group. Even U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who does not always come across as the brightest bulb in the chandelier, admitted this is a problem, identifying it Monday in a speech he made in South Korea on five essential principles of international cybersecurity. How big is the business? According to the Digital Citizens Alliance in its just-released report "Good Money Still Going Bad," ad supported piracy alone is very big and, unfortunately, very much an area where the prospect for continued growth is high. The alliance said that the 589 sites in its 2014 "snapshot" of what's out there were responsible for more than $200 million in estimated aggregate annual revenue just from advertising. Not only are these sites economically damaging, they threaten the infrastructure of home computing. At least one-third of the sites "included links with the potential to infect users' computers with viruses and other malware." Most significantly, and something worthy of the attention of Congress as well as the Federal Trade Commission and the relevant portions of the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, MediaLink researchers identified more than 125 ads for "premium brands" on these sites alongside those peddling phony generic Viagra, lonely housewives looking for a fling and internationally famous designer shoes at unbelievably low prices. As the Digital Citizens Alliance put it, "Ad revenue is the oxygen that allows content theft to breathe," yielding enormous profits (since the owners of the site do not have to pay the true price for the goods they are selling) at little risk because, let's face it, intellectual property theft is not something law enforcement outside the United States tends to take seriously. In fact, sometimes they're even in on it. This means the real effort at combating intellectual property piracy has to come from inside our own borders. Unlike the trafficking in drugs or even the trafficking in persons, the merchandising, reproduction and streaming of copyrighted and trademarked materials doesn't generate the level of interest needed to make a dent in the problem. Failure to address this problem before it grows worse will take a goodly sum out of future U.S. gross domestic product. The Internet Movie Database estimates Disney spent $250 million producing "Avengers: The Age of Ultron," creating thousands of jobs on set and off screen. Add to that the marketing costs, which can cause the cost of a movie to double before it appears on even one screen outside the studio. According to someone familiar with the motion picture industry, only two out of every 10 movies recoup their investment at the box office and only four in 10 make a profit after all the ancillary revenue streams like product placement and streaming rights are factored in. So one studio, in this case Disney, put at risk nearly $400 million in up front capital on a job-creating, GDP enhancing project for release in the global market that, instead of taking in nearly $200 million dollars from U.S. and Canadian filmgoers on its opening weekend, could have gone bust if the intellectual property pirates could have figured out a way to hack into the corporate computers, steal a digital copy of the movie and stream it over the Internet from their pirate lairs for $5 on opening night. No one outside the permanent American criminal class would countenance such a thing if the subject was bank robberies or stock fraud or knocking over jewelry stores. Films do not just provide good entertainment value, they provide actual value to the U.S. economy. So do video games, music, software and other digital items that can be easily stolen and easily resold. It's a multi-million, perhaps even multi-billion, dollar problem that we unfortunately can't depend on the Avengers or S.H.I.E.L.D. to solve.
  11. Popcorn in your Browser: Piraten-Netflix An unofficial port of the popular Pirate Netflix called "Popcorn Time" on Torrent basis is now available as a webapp for the browser. Of course, the use is potentially associated with legal consequences, I'm just amused at the audacity of the operator. They probably just get tons of DMCA takedowns and threatening letters from the film industry. Netflix for recalcitrant Convenient one can not probably illegitimate come to current and older movies, popcorn in your browser (popcorninyourbrowser.net) removes even the initial installation hurdle for technically completely at met users, reports Gizmodo . The client was previously on Windows, Mac OS X and iOS (of course only with Jailbreak) available. The legal Netflix service the way it goes better than ever. Movie files but decentralized via P2P distributed in a uniform interface nicely packaged. The operators of the original "Popcorn Time" (popcorntime.io) earn incidentally to a VPN service, promises of protection from prosecution. Torrent usage is usually accompanied by uploads that are clearly problematic. In my opinion, are the users that want to pay for Netflix USA / UK even today, continue to not pay for paid streaming. Because they can not or want. Others see their needs are not met and would for example like the original versions of their series at the same time of publication of the issuer country. On the other hand, the torrents to Game of Thrones , that this thesis may not be entirely true. Meanwhile in Sweden The news about the new webapp for Popcorn Time comes almost simultaneously with the announcement that the major domains of the famous The Pirate Bay tracker seized are. Swedish SE domains should in future be a safe haven for pirates more so when, according to the Anti-Piracy Group "Rights Alliance" TorrentFreak read. The operators of Pirate Bay see the left but, you still have enough reserves and would run the site again via an alternate address.
  12. Pirate Bay domains seized - fights back with new logo With the reasoning that they’re linked to copyright crimes, the Stockholm District Court has ordered that the Pirate Bay’s two main domains, thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se, were to be seized. Laughing in the face of the court order, the torrent site has already instituted redirects from the Swedish domains that lead to six other domains around the world. The site even created a new logo celebrating the new domains, adding hydra heads to the iconic Pirate Bay ship. Cut off one head, more shall take its place. Aw4wpiL.jpg
  13. Game of Thrones Breaks Own Piracy Record Again! Game of Thrones continues to shatter all the piracy records. Once again, the show has broken the record it set just last week, when “Kill The Boy” notched 2.2 million P2P downloads in 12 hours and 3.22 million over a 24-hour period. That record was only a couple of weeks old itself, and was set after people downloaded the first four episodes of Season 5 en masse after they leaked. This past Sunday’s episode, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” reset the one day benchmark once again. According to Variety: The sixth episode of “GoT” season five notched 3.5 million individual users on peer-to-peer file-sharing sites, according to piracy-tracking firm Excipio. The previous record was held by episode 5 of the current season of “Game of Thrones,” which reached 3.22 million in the 24-hour period after it hit piracy sites…. It’s worth noting that the piracy stats Excipio tracks are only for P2P file-sharing sites, so those exclude piracy-streaming sites. That means the number of illicit viewers is likely far higher than the 3.5 million registered so far. Game of Thrones seems to be in a bit of a mid-season slump when it comes to week-to-week ratings, even though it still continues to win Sunday nights decisively. But online, it’s a different story, as users race to download episodes every week. (And the controversy surrounding this week’s episode probably didn’t help matters in that regard. All publicity is good publicity.) Despite HBO pouring money into HBO Now, and airing every episode in a world wide simulcast, it seems like their efforts have been ineffective. After all, a simulcast doesn’t solve piracy problems if the people in those countries don’t get the exclusive pay channel (or the exclusive pay channel that is partner to HBO). As for HBO Now, it’s US only, so that’s not helping outside our borders. Inside them, some might suggest part of the reason HBO Now didn’t stem the tide was the network’s refusal to make it available to a much broader spectrum of viewers. Right now, you either have to have Cablevision or an Apple TV set box in order to access it. It should be pointed out that Apple TV set top boxes are not nearly as prevalent as Roku boxes. In some ways, that “walled garden” approach to releasing HBO Now has worked in HBO’s favor. Unlike other streaming services that HBO built their platform on, like MLB.tv and the WWE Network, HBO Now has been almost entirely glitch free, something MLB.tv can’t even say after a decade of running. But it does have a price, as the piracy numbers continue to rise.
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  15. Voltage Pictures Sued For Copyright Infringement Voltage Pictures, a movie company with a reputation for chasing down alleged Internet pirates, is being sued for "blatant" breaches of copyright. After promoting its own version of a Godzilla movie without first obtaining permission from its Japanese owner, Voltage is now being called out as "outrageous in the extreme." There are dozens of companies engaged in so-called “copyright trolling” worldwide, the majority connected with adult movie companies. While most are generally dismissed as second-rate companies out to make a quick buck, U.S. producer Voltage Pictures has developed a reputation for making fairly decent movies and being one of the most aggressive ‘trolls’ around. The company has targeted thousands of individuals in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and most recently Australia. The company has largely prevailed in these actions but a new case filed this week in the U.S. sees the company on the receiving end of procedures. The spat concerns Voltage’s plans for a new movie. Starring Anne Hathaway and titled ‘Collosal‘, the flick sees a giant lizard-like creature stomping its way over Tokyo. It sounds an awful lot like Godzilla, recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-running movie franchise ever. Toho, the Japanese movie studio behind the Godzilla brand, noticed the similarities too. In a lawsuit filed yesterday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Toho highlights the hypocrisy of Voltage’s actions. Describing the company as a “staunch advocate for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights” after filing hundreds of copyright suits involving its movies The Hurt Locker and Dallas Buyers Club, Toya says that Voltage began promoting its new movie via email at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month. As can be seen from the screenshot below, the email features three large photos of Godzilla, actress Anne Hathaway, and a giant robot. eMMsu6H.jpg “Gloria is an ordinary woman who finds herself in an extraordinary circumstance. Tokyo is under attack by Godzilla and a giant robot and, for some strange reason, Gloria is the only person who can stop it,” the email reads. Predictably Toho is upset at Voltage’s use of the Godzilla character and associated breaches of the company’s copyrights and trademarks. Only making matters worse is the fact that the image of Godzilla used by Voltage is actually taken from promotional material published by Toho to accompany the release of its 2014 movie, Godzilla. “Godzilla is one of the most iconic fictional characters in the history of motion pictures. Toho Co., Ltd., the copyright owner of the Godzilla character and franchise of films, brings this lawsuit because defendants are brazenly producing, advertising, and selling an unauthorized Godzilla film of their own,” Toho begin. “There is nothing subtle about defendants’ conduct. They are expressly informing the entertainment community that they are making a Godzilla film and are using the Godzilla trademark and images of Toho’s protected character to generate interest in and to obtain financing for their project,” the company continues. “That anyone would engage in such blatant infringement of another’s intellectual property is wrong enough. That defendants, who are known for zealously protecting their own copyrights, would do so is outrageous in the extreme.” Noting that at no stage has Voltage ever sought permission to exploit the Godzilla character, Toho says it asked Voltage to cease and desist but the company refused. “Upon learning of Defendants’ infringing activities, Toho demanded that Defendants cease their exploitation of the Godzilla Character, but Defendants refused to do so,” Toho writes. In response Toho filed suit and is now demanding that all profits generated by Voltage as a result of its “infringing activities” should be handed over to the Japanese company. That, or payment of $150,000 in statutory damages for each infringement of Toho’s copyrights. Trademark issues are at stake too, with Toho demanding preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against Voltage’s use of the Godzilla marks. Being on the wrong end of a copyright infringement lawsuit will be a novel experience for Voltage Pictures. After recently winning a case to reveal the identities of thousands of alleged pirates in Australia, the company is currently engaged in negotiations with a Federal court over how its first letters to the accused should be worded. With a hearing scheduled for tomorrow, the studio is still experiencing resistance against what is perceived as a so-called “speculative invoicing” business model. Local ISP iiNet is providing comprehensive advice to its customers affected by Voltage’s action and is even working with a law firm prepared to provide pro-bono services. Source :- TorrentFreak
  16. Epic Fail: The War On Piracy The final chapter in the long, sordid story of the pirate site, Grooveshark, finally played out in a New York Courtroom last week. The principals, after years of litigation, have finally shut down their website and signed an agreement stating they will never own or operate a pirate site again or face millions of dollars in fines. “An RIAA statement issued on Thursday (April 30) goes on to say under terms of the settlement, Grooveshark founders Josh Greenberg and Sam Tarantino admit to creating and operating an infringing music service.” An admission of guilt? That’s it? The fact that no one connected with Grooveshark will pay any fines or serve any jail time, after operating an illegal enterprise for nearly a decade, is a testament to how ineffective and broken our legal system is when it comes to protecting American artists and their work. We’ve just sent a message to anyone who wants to start a pirate site that even if you’re caught the consequences are basically an apology. It gets worse. Grooveshark was shut down, not because our legal system had the necessary laws in place to effectively protect copyright holders, but rather, on a technicality. In their desire to grow their illegal enterprise faster, two of the principals from Grooveshark had instructed their employees to perform illegal activities, leaving a paper trail behind that led to their admission of guilt. In the don’t ask, don’t tell world of copyright enforcement they had committed the crime of asking their own employees to upload copyrighted songs. “The company, Grooveshark, has fended off past lawsuits by citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which holds websites blameless for material uploaded by third-party users if the websites respond to takedown requests by copyright owners.” Like thousands of other pirate sites, Grooveshark had created a multi-million dollar business using the Safe Harbor loophole in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, to make money and avoid prosecution. A law that allows third parties, but not employees, to upload copyrighted work over and over again without legal consequence to the website operators and owners. An out of control policy, where last year alone over 345 million take down notices were filed, with little or no impact on the number of copyrighted works available on infringing sites.
  17. TheGeeks : News Staff Applications Just A Reminder... B9aOF2o.jpg TheGeeks.bz Is Still Accepting Applications For Staff. We plan to make our decisions in the near future. So if you've been sitting on the fence - ACT NOW! ... if you think you have what it takes ... ~ Click Here For Details! ~ (open to Power Users +)
  18. 即日起隱私等級為高的使用者將完全隱藏,即:在論壇、種子清單頁及種子詳情頁完全匿名(显示隐私保护)、不 可被@ 、不可被引用。 請大家根據自身需求設定合適的隱私等級(建议设置好个人头像),並請致信管理組回報功能上的B UG。 详情请查看首页公告! Translate: With immediate effect for the high level of user privacy will be completely hidden, namely: In the forum list page of seed and seed details page completely anonymous (display privacy protection) can not be @, it can not be quoted. Please set according to their own needs appropriate privacy level (recommended setting a good personal avatar), and please write BUG management group return functionality. For details, see page announcement!
  19. Shutting down one of Europe's largest video streaming sites had little impact on... Shutting down one of Europe's largest video streaming sites had little impact on piracy One of the largest illegal movie streaming websites in Europe was shut down in 2011 following a massive police raid across France, Germany and Spain. At the time, Kino.to’s closure was viewed as a huge victory for those in support of the anti-piracy movement. In retrospect, however, the impact of the site’s passing was short-lived and predictably so, led to increased competition among other similar services via the Hydra effect. A new report from the European Commission Joint Research Centre titled Online Copyright Enforcement, Consumer Behavior, and Market Structure examined the clickstream data of 5,000 German Internet users and found that piracy levels dropped by 30 percent in the four weeks following its shutdown. Only 2.5 percent of those users, however, sought out legal alternatives. What’s more, the site’s closure directly led to the creation of several smaller pirate sites to fill the void. The report concluded that when taken at face value, the results indicate the shutdown more or less converted consumer surplus into deadweight loss. When the cost of the raids is factored into the equation, results suggest there was no overall positive effect and the emergence of several new sites will only make future raids more costly. The findings are in line with what we’ve been hearing on the matter over the years. There will always be people that pirate media of all types but as services like Netflix, Steam, Spotify and Hulu have demonstrated, many will gladly pay for content that’s affordable and convenient to access.
  20. Pirate Bay Moves to GS, LA, VG, AM, MN and GD Domains A few hours ago news broke that The Pirate Bay's .SE domain will soon be seized. The prosecution and copyright holders have welcomed the decision, but the Pirate Bay teams seems unimpressed. Shortly after the ruling they set up six new domain names which they will rotate for the time being. The Pirate Bay has long been associated with Sweden but soon the popular torrent site will stop using a Swedish domain name. Earlier today the Stockholm District Court ordered the seizure of both thepiratebay.se and piratebay.se, arguing that they were linked to copyright crimes. Potential appeals aside the domains in question will be handed over to the Swedish Government, but the ruling is unlikely to hamper Pirate Bay’s availability, quite the contrary. The TPB team informs TF that they have already begun redirecting the .SE address, rotating it to six new domain names. As of now, the notorious torrent site is available through new GS, LA, VG, AM, MN and GD domain names. Pirate Bay homepage (.VG didn’t fit the hydra) This means that all the effort that went into the lawsuit, as well as at least $40,000 in legal costs, have done very little to stop the site. “Congratulations to Prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad. Two years hard work to get us to change two little letters at a cost of $20,000 per letter,” the TPB team tells TF in a comment. “He could have given us $35,000 and we would have left the domain, thus saving the Swedish tax payer $5,000. All he had to do was ask nicely,” they add. With six new domains one can argue that The Pirate Bay has become even more resilient. There will undoubtedly be attempts to seize or suspend the new domains, but there are also plenty more domains TPB can register. And so the Whack-a-Mole continues.
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