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Turborama
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:15 AM Original message |
'The Pirate Bay' Sells For $7.7 Million; Firm To "Legitimize" Business Model |
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tridim
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Legitimate piracy? |
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Born Free
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Tue Jun-30-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Not everything on Pirate Bay is illegal or involves piracy |
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Joanne98
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. If you can't beat em buy em. Sell out bastards! |
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jefferson_dem
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. The end of an era... |
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Political Heretic
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Hardly. |
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Adir Pykhtin
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Tue Jun-30-09 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Well, there's still Limewire |
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Political Heretic
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Tue Jun-30-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The end of napster did not end peer file sharing. |
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tridim
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Except for the dozens of other torrent sites that still exist. |
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jefferson_dem
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. True. |
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dbonds
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. And there is always google |
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Alamuti Lotus
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Tue Jun-30-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. hardly the end |
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drm604
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm curious to see if they can come up with a business model |
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cstanleytech
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm kinda doubting they can, look at what happened to napster when they tried for example nt |
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Occulus
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Vuze is already doing what I think TPB is going to do |
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Oregone
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Maybe they don't understand how torrents work |
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madrchsod
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. someone bought 7.7 million worth of nothing |
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Oregone
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Exactly. |
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Political Heretic
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Pirate Bay will become like Napster, and all the savy people will move on to other underground sites |
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Hawkeye-X
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I'm a member of another.. |
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Oregone
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Same here |
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Seedersandleechers
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Tue Jun-30-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. My favorite |
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Turborama
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Luckily |
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Hawkeye-X
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Tue Jun-30-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. Same here. Even their registration is open for new members... |
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bc3000
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
13. They bought the wrong domain name? |
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Turborama
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. 563 comments on their blog about it so far... |
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Oregone
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Tue Jun-30-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Its a tad hypocritical |
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Akoto
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Tue Jun-30-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I'm rather amused by some of the comments ... |
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Hayabusa
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Tue Jun-30-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. A Sad Day for File-Sharers |
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Sin
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Tue Jun-30-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. rapidshare... |
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Vidar
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Tue Jun-30-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Too bad. They were the best. |
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SidDithers
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Tue Jun-30-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. It'll be a regular business... |
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Kurska
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Tue Jun-30-09 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Doesn't matter Isohunt has been returning better results for atleast a year |
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Odin2005
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Tue Jun-30-09 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sell-outs! |
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closeupready
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Tue Jun-30-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'm getting so old - I had never heard of the Pirate Bay until last week. |
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PfcHammer
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Tue Jun-30-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. Meh. |
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regnaD kciN
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Tue Jun-30-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. The big question, of course... |
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Regret My New Name
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Tue Jun-30-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. There goes its usefulness. :P |
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sofa king
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Tue Jun-30-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. They've been napstered. |
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harun
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Wed Jul-01-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
39. Pirates don't sell out. |
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