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Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank Piratbyrån, The Pirate Bay facilitates the connection among users of the peer-to-peer torrent protocol, which are able to contribute to the site through the addition of magnet links. The Pirate Bay has consistently ranked as one of the most visited torrent websites in the world.
A directory is also a site where users can find other websites. Some sites focus on certain content – such as etree that focuses on live concerts – and some have no particular focus, like The Pirate Bay. Some sites specialize as search engines of other BitTorrent sites.
Several types of websites support the discovery and distribution of data on the BitTorrent network. Public torrent-hosting sites such as The Pirate Bay allow users to search and download from their collection of torrent files. Users can typically also upload torrent files for content they wish to distribute.
A new verdict requires local internet providers Ziggo, KPN, and XS4ALL to block users from accessing the torrent site along with any proxies and mirrors, TorrentFreak reports.
Fredrik Neij. Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij (born 27 April 1978), alias TiAMO, [1] is the co-founder of The Pirate Bay, and the Swedish Internet service provider and web hosting company PRQ. [2] Neij was one of the defendants in The Pirate Bay Trial which began on 16 February 2009. He and other operators of The Pirate Bay were charged with ...
Gottfrid Svartholm. Per Gottfrid Svartholm Warg (born 17 October 1984), alias anakata, is a Swedish computer specialist, known as the former co-owner of the web hosting company PRQ and co-founder of the BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay together with Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde . Parts of an interview with Svartholm commenting on the May 2006 ...
In February 2008, the Ministry of Information and Culture ordered ISPs to block 20 torrent sites, including The Pirate Bay, with the aim of blocking all torrent sites. ISP United Networks notified "The Ministry of information has today sent us a letter announcing they will be blocking all Torrent sites.
e. 1337x is an online website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. [ 1] According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2024. [ 2] The U.S. Trade Representative flagged it as one of the most notorious pirate ...