Pirate Bay

[Kwacky]

Police in Sweden have found the location of their servers and seized them, so the site is shut down.

I doubt it'll be down for long.

[D6Nutz]

Every time they shut down one service two more start. Too many people make too much money from illegal sites for them to just disappear.

[Blade]

I don't even know what pirate bay is

Is it like eBay for pirates ?

Guess there will be a shortage of nearly new wooden leg, eye patches and dodgy parrots now

[duke63]

However you look at it its still theft.

[Kwacky]

even the free to air stuff? You know a lot of people release stuff on Pirate Bay first to get their music and films out in the public? A lot of software designers do it as well.

Theft can't be theft if it's gifted.

[D6Nutz]

The free to air stuff is getting much harder to air for free now as well. A lot of streaming services are starting to charge the artists now for hosting stuff.

Yes there was some illegal stuff, but a lot of artist and producers forget. A decent percentage of people who download a track or two illegally are doing so to decide if they want to shell out for the album or not. And yes this does happen.

[Kwacky]

I buy the TV series I watch online.

[duke63]

If all the stuff was free to air then pirate bay wouldn't be making any money and they wouldn't do what they have been doing.

[Kwacky]

You'll be surprised who pays for adverts on these sites.

These download sites have changed the way owners of media sell it and present it. Most TV shows now are aired in the uk on the same day or next day. Digital formats of media are usually available on the day of release or before.

I've seen films with edit strings on them, which means they can only have come from the studio.

The view of these sites being online pirates is outdated.

[D6Nutz]

The view of these sites being online pirates is outdated.

I definitely agree with you there, they are politicians scape goats and smoke screens. There are billions of servers world wide hosting all sorts of illegal material, yet I bet there are only two names that the public remember. piratebay and megaupload..

The sites you hear about publicly are the ones being used to mould public opinion and allow the governments for enforce whatever monitoring rules they feel like. Your disgusted about the monitoring that the Chinese citizens have to put up with right, just have a look at the powers the government have given themselves and ISP's since the public awareness of piratebay and megaupload. Don't believe me, then just search for the open rights group, there is a scary amount of monitoring and control going

[Blade]

So to answer my own question this is not the site to buy nearly new pirate gear then.

[duke63]

Here you go, Blade.

http://www.deadeyejackscabin.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.bagorags.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Blade]

Nice one Duke. If I order stuff can I put it on your account. I always wondered where you got all your gear from, haha

[rocket]

Here you go, Blade.

http://www.deadeyejackscabin.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.bagorags.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's ausome just ordered a new set of cloths aaaarrrhhhhhhh

[duke63]

Nice one Duke. If I order stuff can I put it on your account. I always wondered where you got all your gear from, haha

Ahoy there mateys.

Shiver me timbers.

You can't beat some pirate clobber when I'm trying to persuade some buxom beauty to blow on me hornpipe.

Avast ye land lubbers. I'm off to sink some some grog.