Before The Pirate Bay Sold Out (Interview)
July 1, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Services
Yes, the three founders of popular torrent tracker The Pirate Bay (and a rep from their ISP) were each sentenced to a year in prison and slapped with a $3.6 million fine. Luckily, they were able to sell the site off to a Swedish gaming company (Global Gaming Factory) for $7.8 million.
Below is a video recorded a week before The Pirate Bay closed the deal. It’s an interview between BBG’s Xeni Jardin and Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde. Of interest: “Peter’s explanation of why he believes filesharing and anonymity are good for democracy”.
The LA Times has an article summarzing the …read more
