The Pirate Bay inarguably proved its resilience in 2013, making no less than six domain changes and evading international copyright enforcers. It increased its uploads by 50 percent while maintaining its position as the world’s most popular torrent site.
More than 2.8 million files are now available for download at the BitTorrent site, the overwhelming majority of which are illegally posted music, film, and video game files. What the entertainment industry says is flagrant copyright infringement has made The Pirate Bay - which was founded in Sweden and is commonly referred to as TPB - a prime target for the entertainment industry and internet service providers.
Anti-piracy crusaders have censored the site in many countries, with a firewall in the United Kingdom forcing users to either quit their file-sharing from TPB or find a way around the firewall. The site has also struggled to keep a consistent home, moving six times over the past year. The most recent move shifted TPB’s web address back to Sweden at ThePirateBay.SE.
Combined with these factors was the controversial six-strike policy introduced in the US at the end of 2012. The copyright alert system promised to warn web users accused of downloading files illegally that they would lose internet access if they failed to curtail their activity.
Yet traffic to TPB nearly doubled over the first half of 2013. A new report from TorrentFreak indicates that the 50 percent increase in uploaded files is simply more evidence showing that TPB has yet to slow down. Full story...
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More than 2.8 million files are now available for download at the BitTorrent site, the overwhelming majority of which are illegally posted music, film, and video game files. What the entertainment industry says is flagrant copyright infringement has made The Pirate Bay - which was founded in Sweden and is commonly referred to as TPB - a prime target for the entertainment industry and internet service providers.
Anti-piracy crusaders have censored the site in many countries, with a firewall in the United Kingdom forcing users to either quit their file-sharing from TPB or find a way around the firewall. The site has also struggled to keep a consistent home, moving six times over the past year. The most recent move shifted TPB’s web address back to Sweden at ThePirateBay.SE.
Combined with these factors was the controversial six-strike policy introduced in the US at the end of 2012. The copyright alert system promised to warn web users accused of downloading files illegally that they would lose internet access if they failed to curtail their activity.
Yet traffic to TPB nearly doubled over the first half of 2013. A new report from TorrentFreak indicates that the 50 percent increase in uploaded files is simply more evidence showing that TPB has yet to slow down. Full story...
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