tech.slashdot.org - 6/27/2009
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poundhard writes "Some two years ago, it was mentioned on TorrentFreak and Slashdot that The Pirate Bay team were working on a YouTube competitor. At the oral proceedings of the Spectrial, I believe it was Peter Sunde, aka Brokep, who said to the prosecutor that it was one of those side ...
torrentfreak.com - 6/30/2009
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torrentfreak.com —
Software company Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) says
it is in the process of acquiring The Pirate...
Bay and file-sharing technology company Peerialism. The changeover of ownership is scheduled for August 2009, whereby GGF will take over the operation ...
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The Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company, Goes Legal
torrentfreak.com - 6/28/2009
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torrentfreak.com —
More than two years have passed since The
Pirate Bay team first announced that they were working...
on a video streaming site. However, as with most of their projects it can take a while before the public can catch a glimpse of what they are working on. ...
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Pirate Bay’s YouTube Competitor is “Coming Soon”
marketwatch.com - 6/30/2009
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marketwatch.com —
Global Gaming Factory X: Acquisitions of The Pirate
Bay and New File - Sharing Technology, p2p 2.0...
Pave the Way for Compensation Model STOCKHOLM, Jun 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The listed software company, Global Gaming Factory X AB (publ) (GGF) ...
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The Video Bay, Now In Beta
Slashdot —
... But I checked out The Video Bay, and hey, it is about to go live! This is what they write: 'To stay in the spirit on which TPB was founded and using the Latest Technology, TVB aims to use the new HTML5 features, more specificly the <video> and <audio> tags with the ogg/theora video and audio formats. This site will be an experimental playground and as such subjected to both live and drunk (en)coding, so please don't bug us too much if the site ain't working properly.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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... - A mother writes about her son's frightening - and profitable - addiction to online poker. • The Video Bay, Now In Beta - A YouTube competitor, brought to you by The Pirate Bay. • ...
'The Video Bay' Launches.
I4U News —
... If you're the kind of person who spends a lot of time wandering around the less reputable sections of the Internet, you're probably familiar with The Pirate Bay. They're the largest torrent site on the Internet. Over the years they've been targeted by a wide variety of corporations and governments who want to see them shut down for illegal file sharing. Despite the slings and arrows they've suffered, the Pirate Bay is still alive and well. In fact, they've just expanded. There have been rumors for a while now that TPB was working on a YouTube competitor. It's seemed mostly ...
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