Comments on: Swedish company to buy Pirate Bay

Global Gaming Factory X, which develops software and runs a series of Internet cafes, is buying the file-sharing site for $7.76 million.

[Sausagebiscuit]

Stolen from a slashdot user comment:

1. Set up a file sharing website with a cool name
2. Build a domain and brand worth millions
3. Profit!
4. Move to another domain
5. ???
6. Profit again!

??? is probably "GOTO 1"

CREDIT: by kazade84 (1078337) on Tuesday June 30, @09:09AM

[Sausagebiscuit]

Replying to myself:

I suggest people read here: http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8wwkp/they_they_sold_the_pirate_bay/c0aow1t
for a comment by "/krs - co.founder of TPB and PB, not involved in TPB anymore and have no stake in any cash."

[Gromit801]

Except that the owners of Pirate Bay won't see a single dime of the money. Remember the heavy fins the courts laid on them? Even the $7.76 mil won't cover it.

[terminalblue]

take the money and run...

who expects pirates to cover anyones back but their own?

[man_w_balls]

didn't this already happen before, with Napster?
it's the repeating history cycle, deja vu all over again.

[gully666uk]

I was talking to @brokep on twitter and he said he made some pretty good points.


@brokep I think people are seeing the fact you lost the case and pretty much sold up afterwards as a bad thing.The money is talking here.


brokep@gully666uk so either there is 60M in a fund, or there is no site and no money. What's the preferred deal? We have no energy left.


@brokep You have done well to keep it up, but people mostly have reacted badly.Its pretty similar to napster and we know how that went.

brokep@gully666uk Yes, we're trying to avoid just that. It's just a site, we need to take the icon status away so lots of sites can replace that.

@brokep I applaud your stance , whether it succeeds only time will tell.You created the icon by taking on the riaa sadly they are winning.

brokep@gully666uk They're not winning. A cannon is now being loaded with money.

@brokep Let us both hope the cannon isn't firing blanks.Good Luck with your future endevors.

brokep@gully666uk Thanks. I'll need it. People hate me now for wanting to pause the 6 year free work we've been doing. Feels unfair.

gully666uk@brokep Everybody deserves to be paid for working.It's a fine line between love and hate.It's the way of the web sadly people expect allot

brokep@gully666uk I'm glad people have high expectations. But we're not that many people. And we've been fighting for a long time. We need help.

@brokep I hope you now can get the help you need.Me i am only one person with very little so from that point of view i understand why.

[gully666uk]

He is Peter S Kolmisoppi one of TPB founders.Which i really should have mentioned before.

[GoOwls]

"People hate me now for wanting to pause the 6 year free work we've been doing. Feels unfair."

"Everybody deserves to be paid for working"

Wow. More and more I'm seeing that supporters of TPB only care about free content if it benefits them.

[CreativeMalcolm]

Did someone say someone deserves to be paid in a discussion with the founder of one of the biggest piracy orgs?

[pj-mckay]

The future has to be a happy medium where we pay something without being ripped off. the worlds gone mad when so many millionaires do so little work and are largely unremarkable. Trouble is they think they are remarkable and think they deserve it ... Start a business with overinflated prices and a product folk like and it's 'good'. Harry Potter, JJB Sports, some **** ridden home for the elderly. Do me a favour.

I will pay something (not sure what they're talkin about yet) and agree that artists/providers/entourage should be paid. I'm not paying £5 for a crap album, and I'm not paying 70p per track otherwise I'd be as well on iTunes. I guess we need to see what the deal is, then see if we buy into it. No point in being totally stupid and saying we want it for free, forever. I work and I expect to be paid.. same for others.

[Dan7637]

this is the stupidest move ever, buy a company that is getting sued

[donsms]

The Internets wild wild west days are numbered,as this news story proves.The days of stealing content for one`s enjoyment and work are nearing an end and a new model will emerge.The new model will look exactly as the old model looks as it is the only one our society has found that works for the majority of people.Pay for products you use! it has worked for hundreds of years and it is still the best system we have come up with.The internet is not any different then any other means of business,we all pay for items or services we use whether you buy it online or in a store.Sorry to burst any bubbles but it`s time to wake up!