Pirate Bay Sued Again, Sale Of Site May Not Go Through

[admin]

The MPAA has sued The Pirate Bay again for not stopping their activities after the court's verdict which saw prison sentences being imposed.

The Pirate Bay co-founders deny that they are responsible for the content of The Pirate Bay, since it is actually owned by a company called Reservella that operates out of the Seychelles. The MPAA claim that Reservalla is just a front, and that the co-founders of The Pirate Bay are still controlling things.

And the sale of TPB may not have gone through, as Swedish firm Global Gaming Factory hasn't produced the money to finalise the sale. Former Grokster CEO Wayne Rosso was hired by GGF to guide the sales process and the transformation of The Pirate Bay, but he has since apparently left the project claiming GGF didn't deliver on promises and has not paid him or his partners.

Whatever the case, The Pirate Bay situation is growing increasingly confusing. It appears neither the MPAA, or even the co-founders know who the current owners are or will be in the near future.

More:

New MPAA lawsuit: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43431/118/
TPB Co-Founder responds to lawsuit: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10298254-93.html
TPB Sale in trouble: http://www.pcworld.com/article/16926...s_sinking.html

[cynthia]

And in Sweden you can today read that the board of Global Gaming Factory X announce that the buy of The Pirate Bay will be finally done 27th of august.

[cynthia]

A Swedish court ordered today the band width supplier Black Interent to disconnect The Pirate Bay. If they didn't do it they would have been feed with 50.000 €.

[rago88]

On 30 June 2009, Swedish advertising company Global Gaming Factory X AB announced its intention to buy the site for 60m SEK (approximately $8,350,500 USD) (30m SEK in cash, 30m SEK in GGF stock). The transaction is planned to take place in August 2009. The Pirate Bay founders stated that the profits from the sale would be placed in an offshore account where it would be used to fund projects pertaining to 'freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openness of the internet'.^{[7][8][9][10]}.
The site has been shutdown by Swedish Authorities on 24th August 2009.

[rago88]

Update: As expected, The Pirate Bay site relocated and is back online (DNS still has to update for some people). A Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak that they “got a new connection to the net.” The tracker is still down and is expected to be fully operational tomorrow morning, we were told. Ever since their servers were raided back in 2006 they were prepared for takedown attempts like this.
“The MAFIAA has spent millions of dollars and endless amounts of time to get this ban in order. Our guess is that they also bribed a bit to get it since it violates so many laws not only in Sweden but also in the EU, not to mention violations against human rights. And what do they have to show for it? 3 hours of partial downtime,” the Pirate Bay team adds.
The t-shirt below (currently the logo on the Pirate Bay homepage) will be sent to the people responsible for the takedown attempt tomorrow morning, the Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak.
Another update: The temporary host has a problem with its fiber causing the site to go offline again. Meanwhile, the downtime is causing traffic spikes for other torrent sites and trackers.

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