wraggster
August 25th, 2009, 00:25
Several sources are discussing the recent attempted shutdown of The Pirate Bay by Swedish authorities. It seems that following the recent court defeats and the pending civil actions, Swedish authorities threatened TPB's main bandwidth supplier with a hefty fine in order to get them shut down. Not surprisingly TPB has relocated and is back online although the tracker still seems to be down. As a gesture of their "appreciation" TPB plans on sending a mocking t-shirt to the people believed responsible for the takedown attempt.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1739240/Swedish-Authorities-Attempt-Pirate-Bay-Shutdown
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/24/1739240/Swedish-Authorities-Attempt-Pirate-Bay-Shutdown