In the aftermath of the recent raid on The Pirate Bay offices in Sweden, the following message has been posted on their site:
In the morning of 2006-05-31 the Swedish National Criminal Police showed a search warrant to Rix|Port80 personnell. The warrant was valid for all datacentres of Rix|Port80 and was directed at The Pirate Bay. The allegation was breach of copy-right law, alternatively assisting breach of copy-right law.
The police officers were allowed access to the racks where the TPB servers and other servers are hosted. All servers in the racks were clearly marked as to which sites run on each. The police took down all servers in the racks, including the non-commercial site Piratbyrån, the mission of which is to defend the rights of TPB via public debate.
According to police officers simultaneously questioning the president of Rix|Port80, the purpose of the search warrant is to take down TPB in order to secure evidence of the allegations mentioned above.
The necessity for securing technical evidence for the existance of a web-service which is fully official, the legality of which has been under public debate for years and whose principals are public persons giving regular press interviews, could not be explained. Asked for other reasoning behind the choice to take down a site, without knowing wether it is illegal or not, the officers explained that this is normal.
The TPB can receive compensation from the Swedish state in case that the upcoming legal processes show that TPB is indeed legal.
FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR MORE TO READ ABOUT THIS RECENT TURN OF EVENTS, THE MPIAA HAS RELEASED A “GLOATING” PRESS RELEASE THAT TRIES HARD TO CONTAIN THEIR GLEE.
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So Where does the story state that the site will be back up in a day or two? Did I miss something? Don’t get me wrong I hope it gets back up.
Its a direct cut and paste from thier site……it is they who are making the bold assertion.
bravo is all i hav 2 say
I n a the masses will b welcoming bak the pbay v soon
join the fight people
hoot hoot
Ok Cool