TPB might change owner
Found on The PirateBay on Monday, 29 June 2009
News reached the press today in Sweden - The Pirate Bay might get aquired by Global Gaming Factory X AB.
It's time to invite more people into the project, in a way that is secure and safe for everybody.
I hope everybody will help out in that and realize that this is the best option for all. Don't worry - be happy!
Time to add TPB to the blocklists. After claiming all the time that they fought for freedom and against draconian copyrights, selling out to the industry is a roundhouse kick against its userbase. The GGF already stated that they want "to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content", so in other words, "pay or leave". Using this as a business model for a site like TPB is instant fail. In a few months, there will be an accouncement that, despite superior offerings from the media industry, pirates refuse to pay for the downloads and TPB will have the same level of importance like Napster. Other trackers will now see a massive increase of users migrating off of TPB.