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The Pirate Bay Lives On, A Decade After ‘Guilty’ Verdicts
A decade ago this week, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Carl Lundström were all found guilty of 'assisting in making copyright content available' via their site, The Pirate Bay [torrentfreak.com]. Each was sentenced to a year in jail and their fines totaled over $3 million. Now ten years on, the site has a life of its own without those four. It has been the target of a many takedown notices and has even been blocked multiple times.
Ten years ago this week, four men were found guilty and sentenced to prison for running The Pirate Bay. At the time, Peter Sunde said that the site would continue, no matter what. A decade on he has been proven absolutely right and that in itself is utterly remarkable.
Earlier on SN:
The Pirate Bay Turns 15 Years Old [soylentnews.org] (2018)
How The Pirate Bay Helped Spotify Become a Success [soylentnews.org] (2018)
The Man from Earth Sequel "Pirated" on The Pirate Bay - By Its Creators [soylentnews.org] (2018)
How The US Pushed Sweden to Take Down The Pirate Bay [soylentnews.org] (2017)
What's a Digital Copy Worth? Not Much, Says Peter Sunde's New Machine [soylentnews.org] (2015)
