Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984
Founded in 2003 by a group of hackers and activists, The Pirate Bay aimed to bring file-sharing to the masses. In the fifteen years that followed, the site transformed from a small community to Hollywood's resilient arch-rival, serving millions of users. And that's not the only thing that changed.
Source: https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-turns-15-years-old-180810/ [torrentfreak.com]