The world's largest BitTorrent search index - the somewhat blatantly named Pirate Bay - has been shut down. The advertising funded site, available in 25 languages around the world, provided links to BitTorrent sources of all kinds of music, films, audio books, games and software, a lot of which was, needless to say, available illegally. The Swedish based service had received a number of warnings about its liability for copyright violation in recent months, and was finally closed down after 50 officers from Swedish authorities raided 10 locations this week. Their action followed the submission of reports documenting the violations from the likes of the IFPI, MPA and Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau
Jun 1, 2006
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Big BitTorrent search engine closed down
Swedish authorities have shut down The Pirate Bay, the largest BitTorrent search index, after raiding 10 locations, following complaints from the IFPI, MPA and Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau.