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Okay, seriously - who else is making the weird, kinda unsettling connection between the recent seizure of the Pirate Bay and this whole 'The Interview' business

Okay, seriously - who else is making the weird, kinda unsettling connection between the recent seizure of the Pirate Bay and this whole 'The Interview' business with North Korea? If the Pirate Bay was still online, would 'The Interview' have leaked already? Is the seizure of The Pirate Bay linked to the intentional suppression of the release of this film? Why would the government raiding TPB concede to do this for terrorists? I mean, I hate to be one of those conspiracy nuts, but - it really seems like this is all a big distraction for the start of some new strange form of cyberterrorism.

Dublum 12y ago
Except TPB doesn't actually host the leak, all they do is index the .torrent files, so if it's going to leak, it'll leak, and another tracker will have a link to it. The takedown and the DDoS came pretty close to each other, but it's important to remember that TPB gets taken down every year or two, it's just the cost of doing business with them. I don't see compelling evidence for correlation
dopamean 12y ago
You don't need TPB to distribute something via bittorrent.
TrainedMonkey 12y ago
"If the Pirate Bay was still online, would 'The Interview' have leaked already?" No, the Pirate Bay is largest and most visible torrent sharing site, but by no means the only one. If anyone wanted to leak Interview there are plenty of options.
fleitz 12y ago
Public BT is the last stop for movies. They appear on IRC/Usenet before BT. Also, TPB is far from the only torrent indexing site.
Alupis 12y ago
While I do agree the timing is bizarre (after all, TPB was in Sweden for 6+ years and how many US takedown/seizure requests were ignored by the Sweden officials, but suddenly now they act?), I don't think it's necessarily related. It sure does make for a good conspiracy however.
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btbuildem 12y ago
TPB is online as of right now, not sure what you mean?
- haakon 12y ago
  It's not online. Perhaps you have been misled by a fake copy?

Dublum 12y ago

Except TPB doesn't actually host the leak, all they do is index the .torrent files, so if it's going to leak, it'll leak, and another tracker will have a link to it. The takedown and the DDoS came pretty close to each other, but it's important to remember that TPB gets taken down every year or two, it's just the cost of doing business with them. I don't see compelling evidence for correlation

dopamean 12y ago

You don't need TPB to distribute something via bittorrent.

TrainedMonkey 12y ago

"If the Pirate Bay was still online, would 'The Interview' have leaked already?" No, the Pirate Bay is largest and most visible torrent sharing site, but by no means the only one. If anyone wanted to leak Interview there are plenty of options.

fleitz 12y ago

Public BT is the last stop for movies. They appear on IRC/Usenet before BT. Also, TPB is far from the only torrent indexing site.

Alupis 12y ago

While I do agree the timing is bizarre (after all, TPB was in Sweden for 6+ years and how many US takedown/seizure requests were ignored by the Sweden officials, but suddenly now they act?), I don't think it's necessarily related. It sure does make for a good conspiracy however.

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btbuildem 12y ago

TPB is online as of right now, not sure what you mean?

haakon 12y ago
It's not online. Perhaps you have been misled by a fake copy?