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The Pirate Bay reacted by creating an alternate site with instructions on how to work around the block, [23] while the IFPI welcomed the block and encouraged other ISPs to follow suit. [25] The verdict was affirmed in the Eastern High Court of Denmark on 26 November 2008.
In April 2007, a rumour was confirmed on the Swedish talk show Bert that The Pirate Bay had received financial support from right-wing entrepreneur Carl Lundström. This caused some consternation since Lundström, an heir to the Wasabröd fortune, is known for financing several far-right political parties and movements like Sverigedemokraterna and Bevara Sverige Svenskt (Keep Sweden Swedish).
As such, sites linking to sites which acted as proxies to The Pirate Bay were themselves added to the list of banned sites, including piratebayproxy.co.uk, piratebayproxylist.com and ukbay.org. This led to the indirect blocking (or hiding) of sites at the following domains, among others: [22] [23]
Soon after the verdict was announced, though, Ziggo, KPN, and XS4ALL moved to lift blockades The Pirate Bay proxies and mirrors, since the final injunction only applied to the main domain itself ...
Wikipedia: The Pirate Bay Trial. The Pirate Bay trial is a joint criminal and civil prosecution in Sweden of four individuals charged for promoting the copyright infringement...
archive.today – Is a web archiving site, founded in 2012, that saves snapshots on demand [2] Demonoid – Torrent [3] Internet Archive – A web archiving site; KickassTorrents (defunct) – A BitTorrent index [4] Sci-Hub – Search engine which bypasses paywalls to provide free access to scientific and academic research papers and articles [5]
CyberBunker served as a web host for The Pirate Bay and as one of the many WikiLeaks mirrors. [4] CyberBunker has also been accused of being a host for spammers , botnet command-and-control servers , malware , and online scams. [ 5 ]
The New York Times wrote in 2008 that "The Pirate Bay guys have made a sport out of taunting all forms of authority, including the Swedish police, and PRQ has gone out of its way to be a host to sites that other companies would not touch." [2] The PRQ service has been described as "highly secure, no-questions-asked hosting services".