InstantIdiocy

Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde Discusses the Site’s Future

Today it was announced that Global Gaming Factory X is in the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay for $7.8m (SEK 60 million). The acquisition is scheduled to be completed by August 2009 and will see the site launch new business models to compensate content providers and copyright owners. Tomas Wennström of What’s Next managed to [...]

The Pirate Bay Will Decentralize Its Operations (Updated)

Earlier today The Pirate Bay announced that it would be acquired by Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) who are listed on the Swedish stock market. So, Pirate Bay users can not only share files but they can buy a share of the site as well. Perhaps even more significant for the BitTorrent community is the [...]

The Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company, Goes Legal

Software company Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) says it is in the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay and file-sharing technology company Peerialism. GGF claims to have the biggest network of internet cafés and gaming centers in the world. The changeover of ownership is scheduled for August 2009, whereby GGF will take over the operation of [...]

ISPs Doubt Accuracy of Anti-Piracy Evidence

ACS:Law, the outfit that at least appears to have taken over from lawyers Davenport Lyons in chasing alleged uploaders of 2nd rate games on file-sharing networks, have experienced another blow to their credibility. Their ‘evidence’ has been called into doubt yet again – this time by Internet service providers. The hypocritical law firm – who were [...]

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

This week there are three newcomers including Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. ‘Knowing’ managed to stay on top of the chart for another week. The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise. RSS feed for the weekly [...]

Automated Legal Threats Turn Piracy Into Profit

Some people might remember Nexicon from the Getamnesty site we mentioned in the past, or perhaps as the Youtube copyright cops. The company has a history as a cigarette retailer but went on to hunt pirates after they were sued for selling smokes to minors and failing to report their sales to the tax office. After [...]

Pirate Bay’s YouTube Competitor is “Coming Soon”

More than two years have passed since The Pirate Bay team first announced that they were working on a video streaming site. However, as with most of their projects it can take a while before the public can catch a glimpse of what they are working on. The Video Bay – as the project is named [...]

Brazilian President Shows Warmth To Pirate Bay Spokesman

Since 2005, Brazilian senator Eduardo Azeredo has been proposing new ‘cybercrimes’ legislation. Unlike some European proposals, the Brazilian one isn’t limited to dealing with copyright issues alone, but has expanded to include all “dangerous” online activities. Anyone creating a virus or simply sharing illicit files could be arrested and jailed for up to three years. The [...]

Pirate Bay Cow Gatecrashes Milk Competition

Tine, Norways largest dairy products company is giving its Litago chocolate milk branding a bit of a makeover. Rather than waste time and money employing expensive designers, they started a competition. Litago milk features a cow on the packaging so not wanting to break with tradition, Tine invited the public to enter their own cow designs. [...]

Michael Jackson’s Death Causes Surge On BitTorrent

Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday afternoon, which was likely caused by a Demerol overdose and ultimately led to his death. There is no doubt that Jackson had a tremendous impact on several generations of musicians, and millions of people who grew up with his music. It is therefore no surprise to see that [...]