Two years and still going
Today we celebrate! Two years ago on this day, the 31st of May, the Swedish police raided our facilities. They worked hard and long and tried stealing all of our servers, all of our backups and all of our admins. As usual, they did not succeed. After our opponents dropped their victory in their press releases we just got the site back online in no time. After three days the site was running almost like before - we could have been faster but we had to do alot of interviews and we had to drink some beer.
Today, even two years after the raid there is still not even a date set for the court case. We still haven't got our servers back and the MPAA and their friends in Ifpi wants us to pay them 115.000.000 SEK (about 12.000.000 EUR). We want them to pay for our damages instead since what we do has never been illegal. To be frank, we're not worried about the court case, we're quite happy with it since it will prove our innocence.
In the meantime we have grown a bit. From 2.5 million peers at the time of the raid to 12 million peers. From 1 million registered users to 2.7 million. We used to be ranked just among the top 500 websites in the world - now we're top 100. And when we write that _we_ are growing, we mean the community. It's awesome to see the support the community show us. Even in our bad moments, we get your support. We're really happy that you do this, every fan letter we get, every time someone say something nice to us, we really understand that we do something important, something that is more important than ourselves.
We haven't done everything right. We're amateurs in a lot of fields. But we're experts in having fun and making a lot of file sharing happening. And we keep on improving on the areas we find our flaws. And you guys help us out. Thank you so much!
To celebrate today, we encourage you to keep on sharing. Keep on uploading, downloading, swapping bits of information. Let today be the pirates independence day! Today we celebrate the victories we've had and the victories that will come. Today we celebrate that we're united in our efforts. Keep on seeding!
LONG LIVE PIRACY!!!
PIRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY : MAY 31
Thank you for everything!
That sums it up!
With love from your neighbours in Denmark,
LOL
I'll keep on.
tPB 4ever
Yous guys are right up there with Google, Wikipedia & YouTube.
Together we will prevail!!
Arr!
It is not just about film & music, also about foreign power and private companies the opportunity to control our judicial system, so we hope for a great weekend for all of TPB.
The future of the internet is in our hands!
We need to tell these mother fucking corporte shitheads that they are a thing of the past.
Actions now will affect the future of the internet, and so we must fight for a better, uncommericalized internet!
Fuck the man.
TPB.
Every day TPB continues to stand entrenches the free exchange of ideas and weakens the hold of greed on all our futures.
önskar er lycka till :)
Tunga är ni grabbar
Keep it up guys !
"Fuck tha Police"
Please make the torrents description editable!
Happy Birthday again
I always do my best to spread good word about the pirate bay,
to his day i think i have lead about 300 to use tpb!
Most of the people try to do something to get money or just for fun. But very few have a bigger aim, really want to change the world and are fighting for their dream. The latter ones change history and run a project like TPB!
It's not only about Bittorrent or about filesharing, it is how we, human kind, want to see the world, our world.
Thank you for not giving in, may the future be ours!
Pirates FOREVER!
Rock on boys, rock on!
Keep up the great work.
Long live adjudicator of the Free World.
Greetings from the pirates in the Phillippines.
What's with the images/video on the home page? I don't quite get it.
(sorry if that was gay)
(under breath) "damn swedes..."
thanks #83
Happy Pirate Independence Day
they look like a bunch of hubs in the footage so im guessing they are some of the servers ?
and nice one for 2 years of entertainment (im sure tpb is older than that ? as i have at least been a leecher for over 2/3 years on tpb :s)
-Unbreakable /Bmore
-Unbreakable /Bmore
Have some beers and relax =)
Perhaps using their very sofiticated mathematical models they've come up with that that's the amount TPB is responsible in income loss - or they just felt that that's a nice juicy number...
In any case, even if TPB really where forced to pay that amount, the shear number of ppl supporting TPB would cover the money in no time, if asked.
Keep up the good work!
Long live the Kingdom of Sweden!
(Thanks for bringing together so many people and so much information. Two years from now I expect to still be downloading from here. Keep up the good work!)
PS: "We want them to pay for our damages instead since what we do has never been illegal."..I cannot wait for that moment ;)
DO WHAT YOU WANT CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE,
YOU ARE A PIRATE!
All cred åt er!
Long live piracy !!!
The footage is from the security camera in the colo location in a banking building. The whole video is on Youtube
Cam from the TPB bust
watch?v=30HF-m_I6yY
dont let corporate dogs try to take you down
their loyalty isnt to the law or the people; its to the stakeholders that invested into their company. its also to their paycheck.
so i support you guys; because of you i allegedly (the magic word that makes it that our words cant be used as evidence in court so i suggest you all use it all the time) have a lot of things i cant afford to buy.
and i hope you support us outside of file sharing
Happy anivesary and long life to the pirate bay.
heres to the pirate bay. freedom of knowledge in all its incarnations!
It's been said, but:
Long Live TPB
LONG LIVE TEH BAY!!!
i say top 10..good job u guys,keep on seeding.
But I can't tell u how happy i am u guys r still here!
Thanx for your hard work and don't ever give an inch!
They are the best and biggest.
Remains steadfast against the
forces of repression.
Free Internet
!
Long live TPB ;)
tpb the best
thanks u
Imdb
Looking forward to many more years in the future.
THE PIRATE BAY KICKS ASS!!!
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
Well i couldent agree more.. Lets make this a date to remember in the future..
And never forget the reason.
True pirates never goes away so just because they cant find us dossent mean that we are gone :o)
Pirate forever and damn proud of it.
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.
We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
"We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We're going to live on!
We're going to survive!"
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
TPB has my support.
I thank you all and please, keep up the great work, it does not go unappreciated.
Tribalrr
of Canada
Cheers
keep music alive ( as eddie kramer signed my hendrix collectible item...)
Everytime I see that video I have to LOL!!!!!!!
TPB 4 ever!
~Jimmy~
"If anyone knows the names of the artists these clowns represent put them out on the WEB so that everyone will know not to buy their super inflated crap sounds"
There a database tools for that!
http://www.riaaradar.com/
and/or
http://www.bpiradar.com/
Artist dealing with "these clowns" as you called the EVIL4 give a fat red
http://www.riaaradar.com/images/button_warn.gif
Read more about the evildoings of the RIAA in the name of the Musicindustry here:
http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/
Game on peeps! > : D
Dervish,
Glasgow, Scotland
Long live TPB, long live Piracy!
I even wear a tricorner hat so i can be a pirate when surfing tpb.
:AWESUM:
I mean I just don't understand these people, If someone buys something from you legally, they can give it away to whoever they want - friend or stranger. I'm really sorry your extremely wealthy business can't grow into a disgustingly wealthy business. I'm really sorry technology means I can remotely share digital content within minutes to people all over the planet.
Long Live The Way of the Bay.
You cannot lose what you keep if you fight hard enough!
It should be on top 1 websites in the world ^^
The Piratebay gives u what ever u want (moves porn and other stuff)and the best part is that every thing is free
what i mean is God Bless the website creater
Keep on rolling and top 10 is yours...
The Pirate Bay = The Best Of The Best!
I bet you could make your own army by now when you have so many followers...
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot,
Drink up me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We extort, we pilfer, we filch, and sack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Maraud and embezzle, and even high-jack,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We kindle and char, inflame and ignite,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We burn up the city, we're really a fright,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We're rascals, scoundrels, villans, and knaves,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.
We're beggars and blighters, ne'er-do-well cads,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Aye, but we're loved by our mommies and dads,
Drink up, me 'earties, yo ho.
Hilser fra Norge! Rock on søta bror!!!
Detta är som mobbning, fast mobbarna förlorar alltid!
GO TPB!!
Keep Up The Excellent Work Guys! :D
Please keep this tracker online, its the best!
and thank you pirate bay.
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I will keep sharing. =D
Drink up me hearties, yo ho We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.
Cheers
TPB rox my world!
I think Neil said it best.
" May the seed of your loins grow fruitful in the belly of your woman "
Long live TPB!
Long live piracy!
1/ Most people who d/l things from TPB are users who buy the official version later on. Studies have shown that people who used sites like this one are more likely to buy the real stuff then people who only heard it once or twice on radio or TV.
2/ Most of that money you spend on official stuff doesn't end up where it should be. Most of that money is for the publisher, record studio, taxes, marketing, etc etc etc.
I for one always enforce artists to use a direct paying method like Paypal, cheque or wire transfer, so that the artists/movie makers/script-writers/etc. would get the full amount of money.
It' s pretty nice to make the occidental world improving, by fighting against intellectual property&all, but why don' t you help the oriental and southern poor countries ?
I suggest you doing something humanitarian aid, now you' re really popular. with all the money we' re saving, we could probably help solving world hunger or malaria...
That' s why I suggest every one who saved money thanks to TPB to do something to help the whole world, and not only the privileged ones who have the access to the internet.
PIRATES FOR THE WIN
but don't forget so S.E.E.D.
grtz from belgium ... where the weed is green and the chicks r fine
Nice people here and sure,i support you
Long live the beacon of freedom, TPB!!
//FluFF ThorrenT
Thank you so much for that!
LONG LIVE THE PIRATE BAY!
Keep it going big boys.
RESPECT AND LOVE
I LOVE YOU GUYS, EVERY SEEDER OF THIS SITE.....
HAPPY FUCKING INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!
I WISH THIS SITE GOES ON FOREVER AND SWEDISH LAWS NEVER CHANGE!
FUCK WITH MPAA...
Love this site,and ACAB is so friggin true in this case against you.
Long Live Piracy
http://digg.com/tech_news/Let_today_be_pirates_independence_day
All the best to the Crew of Pirate Bay, and to the Captain.
Thank you all
Long live TPB!!!!!!!!
Keep sharing!
You are the best.
TBP FTW!
Amen Brother!
;)
Sounds good. I'll keep it in mind for next year
I'm doing my part to keep the community alive (by seeding) are you??
Long life TPB
Swedish police stinks...
Keep up the good work!
Congrantulations :)
tpb is the best torrent site out there
You should exercise your rights!
Vill vi ha ett storebror samhälle?
Detta va bara en början och då gäller det att slå hårt, för annars tänjer dom på gränserna varje gång.
I love my fellow pirates!!
Arrhg!!
you guys rock!
Keep up the good work!
I, and most of the people I know, love The Pirate Bay!
Long Live TPB, you guys RULE!
My Compliment: Nice one, TPB. Happy Anniversary.
To the American "authorities": Nice try, but these guys are based in Sweden, not US. Did you make a wrong turn at Iraq? Stop trying to enforce your will on the rest of the world! Bullies aren't cool.
And to the TPB guys themselves: Good work. All I have to say.
Information wants to be free. Piracy is not a crime imho. Keep on going guys...
Cred to TPB Crew :D can't thank you enough
Down with Intellectual property!
Down with Overexpensive DVD and software!
Down with DRM!
TPB is here to stay. Those MPAA and RIAA don't stand against you!
And for Polish part of TPB community: HWDP!
You r the real heroes of the internet.
Without u internet is of no use for me.
Thanks for your good hard efforts u did for the whole world.
People will never forget u throughout their lifetime.
Once again thank u.
!!!!!!!! THE PIRATEBAY RULES !!!!!!!!
Keep up the good work. Long live the Pirate Bay.
I just know, if someone tried that kind of shit with me, I wouldn't stop until I had my stuff back and enough money to buy it twice over again, that's communist tactics they're using, and they need to either set a date, or just fucking DROP IT.
LONG LIVE TPB!!!!
LONG LIVE TPB AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY!
LOVE YEW!!!
Long live TPB!
LOVE YOU PIRATEBAY.
keep it going, "it's like snowball efect! "
You deserve U N's culture price.
Thanks for sharing the wealth, long live the pirate bay!
Keep us updated on the court case etc. It will ecertainly be an interesting moment in history!
;)
All the Best!
Well, I do remember the raid, and how shitloads of peeps was out protesting for what the cops did.
About the growth of the site, I'm damn sure we'll be top 50 in a year or so. It's 'mode' to filesharing these days, and we'll keep growing every day.
And the police's massive failure against TPB will probably just keep going, because seriously? Who the fuck cares about the filesharing besides the music and-movie companies?
That would be the artist, but hey, Bob Marley is dead, Village People did ONE famous song, Michael Jacksson should be in jail by now and who the fuck is the others? SO why do they even bother, why can't they just realize it's impossible to stop us from filesharing.
Fuck For Filesharing.
Skål pojkar.
Rikard
TPB4L
Keep it up!
Mark
I have had a computer since age 11, a timex sinclair 1000. And a few years later I had my first commodore 64. In those days there was no internet, just BBS. And we used to use those BBS' in tight knit communities. We were all kids 12-17 yrs old and we owned ALL the software produced at that time on 5 1/4 diskettes, notched so we could use both sides... MY how things have come such a long way!!!! Pirates Bay Provides the oasis for all those that have lived
the computer users quest for media, and I would like to personally thank each and everyone at Pirates Bay for all the crap they deal with to provide this oasis!!!! You all are the best of the best in our realm and I hope you keep doing what your doing until the end of times!!!!!! LONG LIVE PIRATES BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
show some love, post comments, on torrents and articles
keep up the good work at tpb
infinitymusic = infinity seeding yaah! ;-)
Lets all donate one euro each to TPB anyway, so after the blessed three walk victorious out of the courtroom they also have 12 million euro BECAUSE of what Bodström, IFPI, MPAA and all the other retards have done.
Long live TPB!
What's your purpose? Why are you doing this for free? Just curious.
Why are the police is after you guys?
FREEDOM TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!!! YEEEEEEEEES!!!!
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE PIRATE BAY!
YARRR!
Keep up the good fight!
love to you, from me and lots of my friends, from IRAN.
To celebrate, we'll set our browsers' homepage to theiratebay.org for a week.
Länge leve TPB!!!!!
Åt helvete med den efterblivne Pontén och hans anti-pirater och -
länge leve Pirate Bay!
greetings from croatia...
keep up the good work.
And all those nagging persecutors are just dust in the wind.
and the rest of you brilliant sweeds =]
AY AY SIR !!!
;)
fantastic going guys!!!
long live the piratebay
LONG LIVE PIRATE BAY!
LONG LIVE PIRATE BAY!
LONG LIVE PIRATE BAY!
freedom of speech
Pirates Bay Lives on.. Be Strong.. xD
Sealand will be ours.. muhahahahah......
some day.. :]
I think all downloader should be aware of this... even if you do decide to continue download. Its better to know than pretend something else. Its facts that you are slowly choking the art of music, film and writing. So. Downloaders be aware!
Hail Pirate Bay!!!
don't forget to seed the more people who participate the stronger the pirate bay will be
LONG LIVE PIRATE BAY!
LONG LIVE PIRATE BAY!
LONG LIVE PIRATE BAY!
Something wrong with the servers btw? I used to download over 300 kb/s from here, now no torrents go over 10 kb/s. :'(
Long live piracy!
w00t
NEVER GO AWAY, NEVER STOP SHARING
“Have anyone been thinking of the end result of pirating. There will not be any money to do more movies, write more applications or games... or write and record music.
I think all downloader should be aware of this... even if you do decide to continue download. It’s better to know than pretend something else. Its facts that you are slowly choking the art of music, film and writing. So. Downloaders be aware!”
Yes, we generally do think ahead. The end result we wish to see, is that ordinary people, who download and share without making any profit from it, should be free to do so without having their DNA, photo or fingerprints taken. Not one person should be hunted down and potentially be financially destroyed, unable to get jobs because of a criminal record and/or wieved by the law enforcement as just as criminal as armed robbers, rapists and whife-beaters.
As for the companies producing movies, they can both survive, and increase their income if they are smart. The technology works for them, as well as us. They could easily release movies for a cost that wouldn’t hurt even the lowest payed worker, and still make some money off of it. Advertising by releasing movies with poor quality has proven to be most effective, but what they save in marketing costs by doing that, nobody ever says.
Id suggests you look at the promotion “Man from earth” got from free sharing. Also keep in mind all the musicians that reach a great number of potential fans, and thus creates a viable custom base, wether it be for concerts or by independent sales. Writers also see an increase in sales, as folks still rather have the book in their home, than a PDF in their laptop.
No, to my experience, your argument falls flat. Even though I can see how you got to have your views, as they are taken directly from mainstream media coverage wich in turn if given to them from the media lobbyists. If you’d like to learn and develop your views, there is plenty of knowledge to be had, ones you
On my last note.. Long live TPB!
I'd also like to add that the lifestyle of big hollywood stars and music artists cannot be sustained much further.
And its just as well: everytime there are so few people making so much money, you have tons of people on the other end barely making a living, and you know that something is just not right.
In any case, good movies will pay themselves on the cinemas, music artists will do more concerts if they want to sustain themselves and writers really don't seem to care about this whole piracy thing.
The internet has forced an early Post Scarcity era on an unprepared society, but there is no going back. Anything that can be expressed in digital form has no economic value.
Nothing will change this, and The Pirate Bay is a symbol of this inevitability.
Long live TPB!