The Pirates Bay’s Some Torrents Have Completed 15 Years of Existence

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Founded in 2003, entertainment digital content provider The Pirates Bay’s oldest Torrents have completed 15 years of uncertainty. During the past 15 years, these torrents have passed through many turbulences and are still holding steady. Even though the file-sharing software and web technology have been changed, Pirates Bay’s content is always in demand.

Pirates Bay is the oldest online portal, and nobody had predicted at that time that the world wide web service would pass through a drastic change. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was busy in ‘Facemash‘ before he launched Facebook. Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram came into existence years later after The Pirates Bay.

 
People did not use smartphones and laptops at that time. However, they had used regular computers to buy a DVD of their favorite film from webshops with their normal internet connection. Streaming video on Netflix was unthinkable at that time because Netflix itself sold film DVDs through emails.

But there was only The Pirate Bay which provided an archive of movies and famous TV series. Although some torrents posted in the starting days are unavailable now, there are some torrents on The Pirates Bay which are older than its users. The oldest torrent which was founded in the data of 2004 is a Swedish Comedy show “High Chaparral”, 15 years old. And this torrent is still one of the most shared. Many people download torrents anonymously, and this particular torrent witnessed numerous anonymous downloads. It is quite an achievement.

As these torrents are one and a half decade old, some torrents on the site are doing well while some need help. Piracy has a role in keeping these torrents alive among people, because it made clear to the entertainment industry the demand for online access to media. Hence Netflix, iTunes, and many other video providers started to make the content available online.