From The Pirate Bay to OpenBitTorrent?
The Pirate Bay has gone legit.
"Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is to be turned into a legal business after being bought by a Swedish software company… Global Gaming Factory acquired The Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish kronor," writes inthemix's JackT.
"It looks like bittorrent tracker OpenBitTorrent, a name already put forward as a replacement… is set to take over all of the torrents currently tracked by The Pirate Bay," suggests Softpedia's Lucian Parfeni. "While it may be more than just a coincidence, whether this move was foreseen or even planed by the people behind The Pirate Bay can only be speculated — but it is certain that the community will be well catered to in the future…"
More here from TorrentFreak … more here from Ars Technica … more here from Music Ally … more here from Techdirt … and the press release is here.
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