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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Steps Down as Spokesman

in News on August 3, 2009 at 12:47 pm PT

Peter Sunde, a co-founder of the Pirate Bay, said Monday that he’s resigning as the file-sharing service’s spokesman. In a blog post, Mr. Sunde cited time constraints for the departure. “I want to build something new and I want to focus my energy in a different direction.

It Was Hard Enough to Take You Seriously With the Word "Phonograph" in Your Name…

in News on February 17, 2009 at 9:19 am PT

You’ve got to love the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry–if not for its hopelessly antediluvian moniker, then for its we’re-on-a-mission-from-God attitude toward its criminal case against torrent index The Pirate Bay. Just two days into the trial–apparently the hottest ticket in Stockholm right now–and already, half the charges against the Swedish site have been dropped because of the prosecution’s fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the torrent-distributed protocol.
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