Legal, financial maelstrom hits Pirate Bay

Recent days have been tumultuous for the BitTorrent tracker and its would-be buyer, Global Gaming Factory X.

Insiders question label deal for Pirate Bay bidder

Just as the press began eying Global Gaming Factory with suspicion, it came up with funding, a potential record deal and potential buyers. How much of that was real?
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 27, 2009 1:18 PM PDT

Is Pirate Bay sold? Don't believe it

Global Gaming Factory X says its deal to acquire The Pirate Bay will go through, but nothing about this deal seems certain.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 27, 2009 7:06 AM PDT

File sharers hold vigil for Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay may be breathing its last breath, but the site revered by file-sharers and reviled by copyright owners has likely given birth to numerous progeny.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 25, 2009 4:00 AM PDT

Swedish court orders shutdown of The Pirate Bay

Swedish ISP said it was ordered to shut down the BitTorrent tracking site or face penalties. It's unclear when the site will, if ever, come back online.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 24, 2009 9:36 AM PDT

Pirate Bay founders win debt-collection decision

The official Swedish debt collector rejected entertainment industry claims that Pirate Bay founders have assets in that country.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 24, 2009 8:19 AM PDT

Pirate Bay bidder loses chairman

Magnus Bergman has filed documents to end his affiliation with Global Gaming Factory X, the company attempting to acquire The Pirate Bay.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 23, 2009 2:37 AM PDT

Sweden launches criminal probe of Pirate Bay sale

A week before Global Gaming announced it would acquire Pirate Bay, the company's stock shot up. Swedish authorities want to know why.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
• Global Gaming CEO says LA Times reporter knows investors
August 22, 2009 1:23 AM PDT

Pirate Bay acquisition appears to be unraveling

Financial questions about the company bidding for the BitTorrent tracker, as well as its CEO, cast doubt on whether a revamped Pirate Bay will launch anytime soon.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
• Trading halted in stock of Pirate Bay bidder
August 21, 2009 9:50 AM PDT

Potential Pirate Bay buyer could lose P2P partner

Peerialism was supposed to be a linchpin of the new Pirate Bay, but the company is owed money and hasn't been made privy to vital details. CEO is losing confidence in deal.
(Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)
August 20, 2009 4:37 PM PDT

[MINDCTRL]

who will rise out of the ashes to create the next global, media-sharing network?

[krollins83]

So really... this can't be that hard to understand... if you're a legitimate business you probably don't want to try to work with or acquire the worldwide leader in copywrite violations!!!

Unless of course you're a lawyer, in which case... game on!

[Renegade Knight]

It would not suprise me if the world wide leader in copyright violations is actually the RIAA and/or MPAA or their media sponsors.

Someone once pointed out that some of the accepted practices of the MPAA break copyright but they give themseves a wink and a nod and do it anyway.

[redmarine]

Well, I'm sure the Pirate Bay will counter this very soon. Their servers will be up by tomorrow morning.

[lodoss900]

truly a David vs Goliath story. The entire capitalist world wants them gone, but here they stay. Rock on!

[iceflame0123]

Ha ha ha, no wonder. I've been wondering how long it would take them to finally shut down such an illegal company...

[redmarine]

They're not gone yet. They're just having some issues after getting back up.

[rtgavin14]

i have a question. i was averaging about 500- 1000 kb/s before this hit, and then it all went down to 50 kb/s. is this becuase of the temporary shut down, or is there something wrong with uTorrent. on the pirate bay.com, it says that there are 14 seeds for what im downloading ( James Bond megapack in HD) put i get 0 seeds and 9 peers in uTorrent. can anyone tell me wats wrong?