{"id":643913,"date":"2013-02-26T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=218725"},"modified":"2013-02-26T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T15:28:00","slug":"the-pirate-bay-sets-sail-for-norway-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/643913","title":{"rendered":"The Pirate Bay Sets Sail For Norway, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pirate Bay was founded in Sweden, and has remained in the country since. That all changed this week, however, as the most infamous site on the Internet has been forced to move. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/the-pirate-bay-departs-sweden-and-sets-sail-for-norway-and-spain-130225\/\">TorrentFreak<\/a> reports that The Pirate Bay has decided to move its operations to Norway and Spain after its previous host, the Pirate Party of Sweden, was targeted by anti-piracy group Rights Alliance. Why does The Pirate Bay have to move though? It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/the-pirate-bay-moves-to-the-pirate-cloud-2012-10\">hosted in the cloud<\/a>, so it&#8217;s technically not tied to the Pirate Party or any other group, right? <\/p>\n<p>The Pirate Bay addressed these concerns in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePirateBayWarMachine\/posts\/222940761182815\">latest Facebook post<\/a>: <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> div.dittoboxf222940761182815 { background-color: #E7EBF2; padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px; font-family: \"lucida grande\",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; } div.dittoboxf222940761182815 div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 { background-color: #FFF; padding: 15px 15px 5px 15px; border: 1px solid #C4CDE0; text-align: left; color: #000; font-size: 15px!important; line-height: 14px; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.pic { display: inline-block; float: left; padding: 0 10px 0 0 } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.pic a img { border: 0; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 span.author { display: inline-block; line-height: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 10px; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 span.author a { font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #385998; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 span.metadata { display: block; font-size: 11px!important; line-height: 13px; padding-top: 5px; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 span.metadata a.timestamp { color: #999; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 span.metadata .fbextra { color: #385998; text-decoration: none; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookmessagebody { border-top: 1px solid #C4CDE0; margin: 15px 0 0 0; padding: 15px 0 0 0; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata { display: block; font-size: 11px!important; background: #EDEFF4; padding: 5px; margin: 20px 0 0 0; color: #3B5998; width: auto; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 span.metadata { height: auto; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata a, div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata a:visited, div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata a:hover { color: #385998; text-decoration: none; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookmessagebody span.metadata span.powersd { float: right; color: #3B5998; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookshared { font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border: 1px solid #C4CDE0; padding: 10px; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookshared a, div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookshared a:visited, div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.fbookshared a:hover { font-weight: bold; color: #385998; text-decoration: none; line-height: 25px; } div.innerdittoboxf222940761182815 div.facebook-photo { text-align: center; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; } .clear { clear: both; } <\/style>\n<div class=\"dittoboxf222940761182815\">\n<div class=\"innerdittoboxf222940761182815\">\n<div class=\"pic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePirateBayWarMachine\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/193763917387907\/picture\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePirateBayWarMachine\">The Pirate Bay<\/a><\/span><span class=\"metadata\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/193763917387907\/posts\/222940761182815\" title=\"Monday February 25, 2013 at 5:33pm\" class=\"timestamp\">16 hours ago<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fbookmessagebody\"> As some of you may know, where 99% cloud based today. We have though, enjoyed the great company of the swedish Pirate party. As they have gotten a severe legal threat (that will cost a lot to defend against) we&#8217;ve taken the decision to move on to Norway and Spain.<\/p>\n<p> This is not permanent though. Next week (hopefully), we&#8217;ll announce some MAJOR changes to the site. Now don&#8217;t worry, everything will look the same to you. The changes are all under the hood. <\/p>\n<p> Let&#8217;s just say that it will change a lot of things for a lot of people. When the bomb goes off, remember that we did it with love in our hearts and with hope of humanity. We believe we can change the world by doing this. <br \/> We&#8217;re kinda aiming for the nex Nobel peace prize&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> \/\/Winona, Winston &#038; Winnie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fbookshared\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/external.ak.fbcdn.net\/safe_image.php?d=AQA1_f75EX7Qhhw9&#038;w=90&#038;%23038;h=90&#038;%23038;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorrentfreak.com%2Fimages%2Fhydrabay1.jpg\" style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px; max-width: 100px;\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"vertical-align:top; display: block; float: left; width: 420px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/the-pirate-bay-departs-sweden-and-sets-sail-for-norway-and-spain-130225\/\">The Pirate Bay Departs Sweden And Sets Sail For Norway and Spain | TorrentFreak<\/a><br \/>Following threats of legal action in its traditional home of Sweden, a few hours ago The Pirate Bay set sail for pastures new. Sweden&#8217;s Pirate Party had been providing bandwidth to the site for the last three years but came under intense pressure last week when a local anti-piracy group threatened t&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"metadata\"><span class=\"powersd\"><a href=\"http:\/\/socialditto.com\/\">Powered by socialditto<\/a><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ientrymail.com\/socialditto\/facebook-icon.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\" align=\"top\" alt=\"\" \/>&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/193763917387907\/posts\/222940761182815\" class=\"fbextra\">1,000+ likes<\/a>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/193763917387907\/posts\/222940761182815\" class=\"fbextra\">243 comments<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Pirate Bay is now hosted by the Pirate Parties of both Norway and Spain. Of course, these aren&#8217;t the only parties hosting The Pirate Bay, but these are the official hosts for the time being. The reason being that Norwegian courts have so far refused to block The Pirate Bay, and Spain, despite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/spanish-sopa-gives-look-into-a-future-of-internet-control-2012-04\">having some strict anti-piracy laws<\/a> on the books, does nothing to block file-sharing sites. <\/p>\n<p>To reflect its resilience, The Pirate Bay has momentarily changed its name to The Hydra Bay. I wouldn&#8217;t say that losing its host in Sweden is equivalent to having a head cut off, but it&#8217;s still appropriate to say that The Pirate Bay has withstood more legal threats and take downs than any other file sharing site on the Internet. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.ientry.com\/sites\/webpronews\/article_pics\/hydrabayfeb2013.png\" alt=\"The Pirate Bay Sets Sail For Norway, Spain\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Pirate Bay has also taken to its blog to say the current campaign against the site in Sweden, and Europe at large, is equivalent to a big game of Whac-A-Mole. The kicker is that anti-piracy groups are bad at this game: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A typical Whac-A-Mole machine consists of a large, waist-level cabinet with five holes in its top and a large, soft, black mallet. Each hole contains a single plastic mole and the machinery necessary to move it up and down. Once the game starts, the moles will begin to pop up from their holes at random. The object of the game is to force the individual moles back into their holes by hitting them directly on the head with the mallet, thereby adding to the player&#8217;s score. The quicker this is done the higher the final score will be.<\/p>\n<p>Current score: 0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the Swedish Pirate Party, its leader, Anna Troberg, told TorrentFreak that it&#8217;s happy the site is in the hands of its &#8220;two sister parties.&#8221; She continues the hyrdra rhetoric by saying that &#8220;every cut connection to The Pirate Bay will generate two new connections.&#8221; The Swedish Pirate Party also revealed that it may issue a police complaint against the Rights Alliance to &#8220;determine precisely how forgiving the system is to those who try to abuse the judicial system to silence others.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=uPZn_vn7dk8:duEQUTY9-ss:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/uPZn_vn7dk8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pirate Bay was founded in Sweden, and has remained in the country since. 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