Peter Sunde: The Pirate Bay is Tired and Should Stay Down
Yesterday the Pirate Bay was raided by Swedish police and taken down. This isn't the first time that the Pirate Bay is taken down by the police, and my guess is that the site will be back soon, but the raid shows that a free Web with central point failures can't survive the mounting wave of joint attacks by governments and large corporations. A few weeks ago Peter Sunde, co-founder of the Pirate Bay was released from prison after more than five months behind bars. Speaking with Torrent Freak, Sunde said that the Pirate Bay has served its purpose and perhaps it should stay down and make way....
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