Entries in 'bay' (14)

Pirate Bay founder in new venture

Pirate Bay founder in new venture

One of the founders of controversial BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay has lifted the lid on a brand new venture named Flattr that hopes to make money for a wide ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 15th 2010 at 11:26AM in News
More trouble for Pirate Bay

More trouble for Pirate Bay

Five months after Swedish courts ordered the closure of BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, four of the world’s largest music labels have requested the District Court fines the site’s ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 13th 2010 at 1:09PM in News
Dutch court orders Pirate Bay blockage

Dutch court orders Pirate Bay blockage

The Pirate Bay’s seemingly inevitable demise has been brought a step closer today with news that a Dutch court has ordered the portal to block access to users from the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 31st 2009 at 3:26PM in News
Buyout sets Pirate Bay on the road to legality

Buyout sets Pirate Bay on the road to legality

Whether or not the previous owners of Swedish file-sharing portal The Pirate Bay succeed in over-turning their prosecution in the increasingly protracted legal saga, it seems that The Pirate Bay ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 30th 2009 at 12:21PM in News

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Pirate Party wins Swedish EU seat

Pirate Party wins Swedish EU seat

Controversial political body The Pirate Party has won a seat in the European parliament after capitalising on the pro-Pirate Bay movement in homeland Sweden.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 8th 2009 at 11:32AM in News
Guantanamo Bay Xbox game on the way

Guantanamo Bay Xbox game on the way

The developer of a controversial new game that centres around detention camp Guantanamo Bay has told MCV that it will release the title over Xbox Live in October if it ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 1st 2009 at 4:23PM in News
Second judge removed from Pirate Bay case

Second judge removed from Pirate Bay case

The soap-opera like narrative of the ongoing Pirate Bay prosecution in Sweden has taken another unexpected turn with the news that a second judge has been thrown off the case ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 22nd 2009 at 3:05PM in News
Crytek: Pirate Bay prosecution ‘a step forward’

Crytek: Pirate Bay prosecution ‘a step forward’

Cevat Yerli, the CEO of German games developer Crytek, has admitted that he hopes the recent prosecution of the four owners of BotTorrrent site Pirate Bay could mark a ‘mental ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 5th 2009 at 10:30AM in News

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Pirate Bay owners could face re-trial

Pirate Bay owners could face re-trial

Just days after a Swedish Court sentenced the four owners of BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay to jail, allegations have surfaced that could see the case returned to trial, ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 23rd 2009 at 2:55PM in News
Pirate Bay ruling will 'warn mainstream off BitTorrent'

Pirate Bay ruling will 'warn mainstream off BitTorrent'

Miles Jacobson, studio director at Sports Interactive, has told Develop he believes that this morning's Pirate Bay ruling is likely to put off mainstream consumers from obtaining Copyrighted software from ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 17th 2009 at 5:37PM in News
Pirate Bay sails onto Facebook

Pirate Bay sails onto Facebook

Whilst the three men behind BitTorrent portal Pirate Bay are still awaiting the final decision in their Swedish court case, the site itself continues to expand with the launch ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 31st 2009 at 11:04AM in News
Pirate Bay lawyers make their final case

Pirate Bay lawyers make their final case

The Swedish prosecution of the owners of BitTorrent site Pirate Bay has ended with the site’s defence lawyers arguing that the four accused cannot be held accountable for the conduct ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 5th 2009 at 5:39PM in News

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Pirate Bay case could swing piracy battle

Pirate Bay case could swing piracy battle

This week has seen the beginning of a potentially important legal case that could see the momentum in the battle against IP and copyrighted material theft swing back in favour ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 18th 2009 at 10:08AM in News