The Pirate Pay resurfaces, hinting at a big come back with possibility of new features?
In the wake of Swedish police officials sinking the popular Torrent site, the Pirate Bay late last year, it’s announced to rise from the ashes this upcoming February 1st. The site has gone back up with a search bar, although the original iconic pirate ship has been replaced with the metaphorical phoenix, symbolizing a rebirth from the ashes. The Pirate Bay was created in 2013 by three founders, Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde and is self-touted as the “galaxy’s most resilient bitTorrent site.” TPB became famously used because it was a relatively safe way of downloading media files, peer-to-peer, in a post-Napster world.Below – Watch TPB AFK: A documentary about the The Pirate Bay and its Founders
While it doesn’t directly host anything that violates copyright laws of the rules of intellectual property, it is under investigation from Swedish authorities because users can submit magnet links and torrents for download. The creators behind TPB have faced their legal challenges. Like other martyrs of anti-copyright, they are no strangers to the Swedish judicial system. In 2009 they were raided and had more than 50 servers confiscated. Their sentences were reduced, but still had to pay heavy fines and even served time.