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Pirate Bay - World's Largest BitTorrent Tracker Shutdown!
Police have closed down The Pirate Bay, a Sweden-based file sharing site and one of the most popular websites of its kind in the world. Three people were taken in for questioning after police raids in Sweden on Wednesday. The trio, ages 22, 24 and 28, are suspected of violating property rights legislation, police spokesman Ulf Göranzon said.Servers connected to the site have been impounded and the site was down on Wednesday afternoon, although the operators of The Pirate Bay have set up a temporary website to provide updates on the situation. The three men taken in by police were still being questioned on Wednesday afternoon. They all have links to The Pirate Bay. Prosecutors will decide whether to detain the men after they have been questioned. "The suspects are not people who download files, but are people who have relations to the website," Ulf Göranzon told The Local. He would not reveal anything more about the roles that the men played. Posted by: 3dc 2006-06-03 |
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