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The Pirate Bay up again - bandwidth provided by Swedish Pirate Party
- chime 16y agoHmm. What does "assclowns ov teh riaa" mean? Is "ov" Swedish for "of"? I know "teh" is just leetspeak for "the".
- mmelin 16y agoIt's not Swedish. I think it's just lolcat speak for "of".
- chime 16y agoThanks. Wasn't sure. I don't know why I was downvoted for asking a simple question concerning the linked article.
- T_S_ 16y agoThe first time I went to Denmark, I kept noticing the word "og" everywhere and I thought what funny little caveman words these people use. Then I found out its usage and pronunciation is almost identical as our "of". I felt "pwnd".
- Malk0lm 16y agoI MAED U A TRNSLATION, AN I DINT EATED IT! As you might have read or noticed, people are once again trying to shut us down. This will not succeed. Our really nice web host was threatened with a really huge fine, so we decided to move the site so that they wouldn't get into trouble. The decision to move was made by us, The Pirate Bay. TPB, only in it for the laughs since 2003.
- grillonic 16y agoI say it says... "Ass clown so over the RIAA" x^D @grillonic
- nixy 16y agoWhere does it say that the Swedish Pirate Party are providing the bandwidth? I can't find anything about that, maybe my Lolcat isn't what it should be.
- cpach 16y agoStraight from the horse's mouth: http://www.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/piratpartiet_levererar_pirate_bays_bandbredd http://www.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/piratpartiet_levererar_pi...
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- micaelwidell 16y agoI didn't want to link to that one, as it is in swedish.
- cpach 16y agoHere's an English translation on MEP Christian Engström's blog: http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/the-swedish-pirate-party-delivers-bandwidth-to-the-pirate-bay/ http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2010/05/18/the-swedis...
- wizard_2 16y agoFrom google translate. We got tired of Hollywood's cat and mouse game with the Pirate Bay and ordered us to offer the bandwidth side, says Rick Falk Vinge, leader of the Pirate Party. It is time to take the bull by the horns and stand up for what we believe is a legitimate activity.
- ivenkys 16y agoWhy can't the TPB folks actually write in proper English ? It might make other folks take them seriously.
- paulnelligan 16y agobecause they're pirates ... why is it so necessary to be taken seriously all the time?
- hackermom 16y agoOf course they can. They just choose not to in order to, obviously, ridicule the suits' attempts at trying to hinder their freedom. What a silly question.
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- agentultra 16y agoWhen will the suits get it? Even China can't censor the 'net. If people want it, they will get it. Simple.
- viraptor 16y agoActually, China seems to be pretty good at censoring right now. They block default Tor and some VPNs... There was a post about this a couple of days ago on HN -- about blocking many tools useful for IT companies based in China. They definitely annoy people who use foreign services -- which is what the blocking seems to be about right now, since they cut many websites not connected in any way to politics. When you can get sentenced to jail just because you blog on the net, it also gives you a good reason not to try bypassing the firewall.
- kingkilr 16y agoIt's not a question of censoring the internet. It's a question of whether piracy (copyright infringement) is illegal and unethical. The fact that we can't stop murder except by draconian measures (outlawing picking up a rock even...) doesn't somehow mean we shouldn't be opposed to murder.
- snsr 16y ago" The fact that we can't stop murder except by draconian measures (outlawing picking up a rock even...) doesn't somehow mean we shouldn't be opposed to murder." Murder is in no way comparable to copyright infringement, which is a civil offense.
- kingkilr 16y agoNo, it's not. But the measures that would be necessary to actually stop it are identical, as they are for just about anything: completely draconian laws.
- jasonlotito 16y ago"It's a question of whether piracy (copyright infringement) is illegal and unethical." Those are two completely different questions, and have a wide variety of answers depending on local laws. What's illegal for you might not be illegal for me. What's not ethical for you might be perfectly ethical for me. You suggest that murder is something we shouldn't oppose, but murder, or the killing of someone, is validated every day, whether it be through execution or self-defense. I love paying for software I use. I love supporting the artists and people behind the artists for the music they create. I buy movies, and enjoy them. That doesn't mean I don't use TPB to obtain material. It's much easier for me to watch a movie on my Netbook by downloading the movie via TPB rather than rip it from my DVD, move it onto my Netbook, and watch it there.
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- tbrooks 16y agoNotice the easter egg in bold letters, when put together it says "assclowns ov teh riaa."
- madmaze 16y agonothing better than publicly poking fun at the RIAA/MPAA's continuous failure =)
- fnid2 16y agoI was searching for some legitimate software the other day and a link to the pirate bay came up on google. I was shocked. As a producer of software and content including movies and pics, I am also shocked that websites like this find so much support from this community. I believe producers of content should be able to reap rewards for that production. It takes time, energy, passion, dedication, and practice to create something of value. These products are of value if someone is downloading them and filling up hard drives. The people supporting the copyright violations the pirate bay support, don't also support piracy off the coast of Somalia or theft of hard drives to store those songs. The argument is that bits aren't property. But those bits are the mechanism that supports the creators of the content that has improved their lives throughout the years. If you don't believe that -- take all your lines of code, databases and photos and delete them. How much will it cost you to replace them? I know I am in the minority around here, but I am not a supporter of the pirate bay. I acquire the content I consume legally and legitimately and in a manner consistent with how the producers have agreed that content should be consumed. Anything less would violate the golden rule. I don't want people using the software I create without helping me pay the bills.
- JeanPierre 16y agoI think we've all heard the arguments against piracy, and we've all heard the arguments for torrenting over and over. The main reason people download/torrent copyrighted material is because that's the simplest way to get it, and there's literally no risk to get caught. In order to avoid downloading and torrenting, find a simpler way than downloading and torrenting, use a monthly subscription, or a mix of both. This works perfectly fine for World of Warcraft and Spotify, and they've taken people by storm. I dare say Spotify has made music torrenting unneeded and a thing of the past, because it's so great.
- fnid2 16y agoI don't think "that's the simplest way to get it" is a valid argument. The simplest way to get flowers is to pick them out of someone's flower bed, but we don't advocate that. For me, it's more philosophical. Consumers need to some self control. We are consuming everything without conscience -- because that's the easiest way. It's easy to eat fish, so the oceans are going to run out. It's easy to consume oil, so the gulf is polluted. It's easy to bit torrent content so people do. But it does cause problems. Some people don't want their content consumed in that way. To respond to some other commenters below, it doesn't matter if studies show only the middle men are hurt, middlemen are important for the distribution of content and much content wouldn't be known if it wasn't for the middlemen -- they need jobs too. As for the argument that "people pay after they download it" -- that's simply not true. I know tons of people who download thousands of movies and redistribute them on limewire and never pay for a single one. If you want to watch a movie and the only way to get it is to use netflix or blockbuster (both middle men) then go there and get it. If you can't get it there or you're too lazy to drive there or you don't subscribe to netflix, then don't watch the movie! Do something productive with your time. Control your desires to consume stuff you haven't supported.
- stse 16y agoThis is of course a political move. The Swedish general election is in four months and the Pirate Party's greatest threat is not getting enough attention. As the other political parties in Sweden doesn't really understand technology and won't actively engage in these issues. In the EP election last year, two unpopular laws had gone into effect the same year and also the Pirate Bay trial had just been held months before the election. This time around technology related legislature seem to have been postponed and the continuation of the Pirate Bay trial has conveniently been placed just weeks after the election. If the Pirate Party's ISP now decides or get forced to cut off the Pirate Bay from the Internet, they will also censor the Pirate Party, which (of course) is a political party. Sparking a lot of outrage and controversy, which previously has shown very effective for the party.
- jacquesm 16y agoI'm fine with that. If the other side can play politics then so can the pirate party.
- not_an_alien 16y agoHas it ever gone down? I remember people talking it was closed and stuff, but I'd go there to test and it'd always be online. Did that just apply to some servers or what?
- Qz 16y agoIt was nonresponsive for me for a while yesterday (checking in response to the other post).
- textfiles 16y agoAs someone whose content is on The Pirate Bay, I must protest these unneeded downtimes preventing people from downloading my movie (The BBS Documentary).
- tzs 16y agoWhen a country has enough people that think getting music and movies without paying for them is the most important political issue (ahead of foreign policy, the environment, poverty, world hunger, and so on), that's a country that needs a war to knock some sense of perspective into people's heads.
- TerminalDummy 16y agoWhen I was younger I was a pirate for one reason and one reason alone. Lack of funds. Now that I am older I take pride in supporting the developers and content creators. However, without the internet and pirate downloads I never would have gotten interested in graphic/website design or discovered so many great genres of music and film - which then translated into sales later in my life. I guess art and education tools should only be for the rich?