The Pirate Bay has launched an anonymous VPN service called IPREDator.

"The Pirate Bay's swashbuckling Swedes have launched their very own VPN service, hoping to combat a new Swedish law that would force ISPs to cough up the personal details of suspected copyright infringers," writes The Register's Cade Metz. "The new law is called IPRED (Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive). And the new VPN is an IPREDator."

"Whilst VPN services have historically provided some anonymity to downloaders by encrypting downloaded data and masking their IP addresses, most VPN providers have historically kept user logs, which were often eventually surrendered to law enforcement agencies," writes the NZ Herald's Pat Pilcher. "According to The Pirate Bay, no data and logs of IPREDator subscriber activity will be kept, effectively ensuring anonymity, making copyright infringement next to impossible to police."

"Other details about the new VPN service are thin, except that users will be asked to pay a small premium, approximately $6.77 or 5 Euros, for the service," writes CNET's Seth Rosenblatt. "It's also not clear if the service will be compatible with other non-file sharing uses, or if it will try to compete with other encrypted tunneling services like LogMeIn or GoToMyPC."

"IPREDator is pretty much assured to be a success when it reaches full launch status," writes Geek.com's Matthew Humphries. "Not only will regular Pirate Bay users sign up, but anyone wanting true anonymity online will be drawn to it too..."

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