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News Sweden’s Patent and Market Court has ruled that Internet provider Telia must block access to several large pirate sites. The order, which targets The Pirate Bay, Dreamfilm, FMovies, and NyaFilmer, was requested by several Hollywood studios. It is the first dynamic blocking order in Sweden, allowing the rightsholders to expand the blocklist when new […]
News Last year the Swiss fashion brand Vetements surprised friend and foe with the introduction of a Pirate Bay clothing line. The company offered a hoodie, featuring the iconic pirate ship, for just under $900. A steep price for most pirates but good business for counterfeiters, who are now selling ‘pirated’ copies for a fraction […]
Breaking Developments over the past few days indicate that The Pirate Bay may about to fully launch a brand new feature. In addition to traditional magnet links, many titles now feature a subtle ‘B’ button which allow users to stream movies and TV shows directly in the browser on a new site called BayStream. The […]
Breaking The most famous torrent site in the world, The Pirate Bay, has ditched its old and mostly unreadable Onion domain for something more recognizable and potentially more permanent. The switch was reported to TorrentFreak after Pirate Bay proxy sites noticed extended downtime on the old domain. The Pirate Bay has been operating one of […]
News The Pirate Bay has delivered some interesting logo changes in recent weeks. The torrent site temporarily swapped the good-old pirate ship to promote a VPN, a file-hosting service, and a blockchain project. While the site hasn’t explained its motives it is, at least in part, an attempt to earn some additional income. To many […]
News The Internet Society is in the process of selling the Public Interest Registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital. The planned sale has raised widespread concerns over a possible price hike and suspensions of .org domains. This could also be relevant for many pirate sites including The Pirate Bay, which still operates from its […]
News The investigation following a datacenter raid involving The Pirate Bay nearly five years ago has been closed. The prosecution says it managed to obtain sufficient evidence against a suspect, but it failed to get a mandatory response to the final serving. With the statute of limitations expiring, the entire criminal investigation is now over. […]
News The Pirate Bay’s recent downtime issues were caused by malicious actors who DDoSed the site with harmful search queries, a reputable source says. The problem has been addressed by updating the Sphinx search server software and it indeed appears that the site is coming back, albeit not everywhere yet. Over the past several weeks, […]
The RIAA came up with a rather unusual revelation this week. The music industry group, widely known for its anti-piracy activities, reported that The Pirate Bay started blocking U.S. IP-addresses this year. This is big news, except for the fact that it doesn’t hold any water. The Pirate Bay has no idea what the RIAA […]
Facebook no longer allows its users to share links to The Pirate Bay on their timelines or in chat messages. The blockade follows similar measures taken against other pirate sites in previous weeks. This is not the first time Facebook has taken against against The Pirate Bay but the current measures go substantially further. Ten […]