The Pirate Bay returning soon? Torrent site waves flag in previously closed domain
Torrent royalty The Pirate Bay refuses to sink and go down that easy. After the Swedish police exterminated the site with the hopes of diminishing and eliminating the torrenting activities online, the task seemed to have backfired as the torrent giant remained anchored to its original domain. Previously, thepiratebay.se was rendered inaccessible after the takedown. But those who visit it now will be welcomed with a huge image of the torrent king's waving flag. Many are led to believe, including media outlet Torrent Freak, that The Pirate Bay is hinting its glorious return.
PC Mag reports that the site is being hosted on a server in Moldova. The site added that this may be the curators' first location in executing the major restoration of the site. Nothing is confirmed at the moment that this is indeed what is happening but speculations that collaboration between another torrent hub called Isohunt and The Pirate Bay is making headway to reestablish the fallen site. It is important to note that Isohunt has done its best in bringing back the site shortly after its wipeout by creating mirrored links and archives of The Pirate Bay, hence The Open Bay quickly made rounds in the online world.
"We, the team that brought you Isohunt.to and oldpiratebay.org, are bringing you the next step in the torrent evolution. Open Pirate Bay source code. History of torrent sites such as Isohunt and The Pirate Bay gives us a lesson that would be a crime not to learn. The era of individual torrent sites is over," reads a statement in The Open Bay. "That is why we created Pirate Bay open source. It's free for everyone. Now you can create your own copy of The Pirate Bay! Update and change this code to make it better for everyone."
As per Torrent Freak, developing a carbon copy of The Pirate Bay will be nothing but great for its creators. "We've always lived by Kopimi. We love being cloned. It would be amazing if, like in the classic movie Spartacus, everyone could stand up and say 'I am The Pirate Bay,'" the Pirate Bay's Mr. 10100100000 told Torrent Freak.
