The pirate bay and such all illegal

[paudashlake]

w-o-w

[2x3i5x]

thepiratebay has been sold and has a new owner. The piratebay's new owners want users to pay for downloads (to cover royalties and whatnot) then once the file is downloaded, he or she will be able to get paid to keep on seeding the file..... go figure 

[BC_Programmer]

thepiratebay has been sold and has a new owner. The piratebay's new owners want users to pay for downloads (to cover royalties and whatnot) then once the file is downloaded, he or she will be able to get paid to keep on seeding the file..... go figure 

source?

[computeruler]

well that would make me mad

[2x3i5x]

source?

Sources ...

1. Direct from thepiratebay itself .... http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164

2. http://www.physorg.com/news165575209.html

3. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/technology/companies/01pirate.html?_r=1

4. http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/06/30/the-pirate-bay-site-sold-plans-to-go-legit/

The new owner's idea, I think is just speculation at the moment, I've also read something about suggesting they'd stick up some advertising to help with money revenue .... but in the end, I think the new owners of piratebay wants to become the napster of torrenting ... 

[BC_Programmer]

A:> the one on the TPB site itself simply says they are selling it.

however, the other ones- as you said are pretty much speculation.

They are obviously not learning from history. They won't last long if they require payment; The last thing I'd want to do is pay for trojans. There are a lot of other sites offering similar material- and they will remain free. So I'm not sure what they expect to gain from this.

[paudashlake]

They are going to shrivel up and die if it is a pay site because the smart people in this world don't trust their money to those sites, and will easliy go to a better and free torrenting site.  DUHH!   Definately no gain.

[Quantos]

thepiratebay has been sold and has a new owner. The piratebay's new owners want users to pay for downloads (to cover royalties and whatnot) then once the file is downloaded, he or she will be able to get paid to keep on seeding the file..... go figure 

I'm not gonna pay anyone squat for downloadina FOSS torrent, they can go to *censored*.

Do you have a citation?

[Dead Reckon]

I'll give 'em a Citation, run 'em over with it, sure, the Chevy Citation may be small, but I could manage. At least park it on them 



Personally, I don't think its a bad looking lil car. A lot meaner than modern hatchbacks. It is, however, front wheel drive, which would pose a problem when running the new owners over. 'Cause, there body mass would be elevating the front of the car... Oh, I know, run 'em over in reverse!

[Quantos]

Nah, that's what a 797 was built for....

[Dead Reckon]

Now whats the fun in running someone over in a truck so big you wouldn't feel a house under its wheels? Let alone them...

[Quantos]

You don't just do it once though, the 797 is meant to repeat as needed, like shampoo...