Read more The Pirate Bay stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17283/the-pirate-bay.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64728/new-pirate-bay-goes-legal-with-fee-payback-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnder new ownership, the beleaguered file-sharing powerhouse Pirate Bay is going legit through an innovative payment model, the AP reports. The new system will involve user fees, but users can work those off—or even earn a profit—in part by sharing their computers' storage capacity with the Pirate Bay...http://www.newser.com/story/64728/new-pirate-bay-goes-legal-with-fee-payback-plan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Jul 2009 14:18:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64578/music-industry-hunts-for-cash-in-pirate-bay-sale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe music industry wants its money back from those copyright vigilantes at Pirate Bay, and now it sees a decent chance to get it, reports CNET. An industry trade group plans to go after the $3.6 million in damages awarded by a Swedish court now that a software company...http://www.newser.com/story/64578/music-industry-hunts-for-cash-in-pirate-bay-sale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 17:53:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63162/pirate-bay-launches-new-youtube-clone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf YouTube's limits on copyrighted material have exhausted you, the Swedish hackers who call themselves Pirate Bay have a solution: VideoBay, a new streaming video site that's utterly indifferent to intellectual property laws. The new service, rolled out just as Pirate Bay was sold to a Swedish software company that...http://www.newser.com/story/63162/pirate-bay-launches-new-youtube-clone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 8:32:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63180/swedish-firm-nabs-pirate-bay-for-77m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Swedish software company has purchased file-sharing site Pirate Bay for $7.7 million after the site was fined $3.6 million, the Register reports. “We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site,” said...http://www.newser.com/story/63180/swedish-firm-nabs-pirate-bay-for-77m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 7:00:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62171/web-users-worldwide-help-iranians-thwart-censors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIranians are using every trick in the book to get information past the country's tight censorship of the Internet and to the outside world—and the outside world is doing its best to help, CNET reports. Sympathizers have set up a huge number of proxy servers to help disseminate information...http://www.newser.com/story/62171/web-users-worldwide-help-iranians-thwart-censors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 5:38:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61272/swedish-pirate-party-scores-eu-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSweden’s Pirate Party scored a major victory last night, capturing one of the country’s 18 seats in the European parliament, AFP reports. The party—which advocates for the legalization of peer-to-peer file sharing, stronger digital privacy protections, and reforms in copyright law—was formed in 2006 and saw its membership...http://www.newser.com/story/61272/swedish-pirate-party-scores-eu-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 5:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59857/eu-parliament-next-stop-for-pro-piracy-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwedish pirates could soon be invading the European parliament, the Times of London reports. The Pirate Party, a political group whose sole aim is encouraging Internet copyright infringement, is poised to win several seats in next month’s elections. “The plan is Sweden, Europe, the world—in that order,” said the...http://www.newser.com/story/59857/eu-parliament-next-stop-for-pro-piracy-party.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 12:34:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57038/pirate-bay-judge-belongs-to-pro-copyright-groups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of the men convicted in the Pirate Bay file-sharing case is demanding a retrial, claiming that the judge is in cahoots with copyright-protection organizations, the Local of Sweden reports. Judge Tomas Norstrom acknowledges being a member of such groups but denies any conflict of interest. Last week, he found...http://www.newser.com/story/57038/pirate-bay-judge-belongs-to-pro-copyright-groups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 16:10:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56894/pirate-bay-ruling-invigorates-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week’s guilty verdict against the Swedes behind the Pirate Bay filesharing site not only hasn’t shuttered the operation—it’s boosted support for the cause of free information, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The affiliated Pirate Party, which advocates for copyright reform, has doubled its membership just since the verdict...http://www.newser.com/story/56894/pirate-bay-ruling-invigorates-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Apr 2009 12:14:17 CDT