He wasn't a pirate. Not really. He was an archivist with a grudge and a gigabit connection.
: Its founders (Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Peter Sunde) were famously sentenced to prison in 2009 for assisting in copyright infringement. piratabays
Because anyone can upload, fake files bundled with viruses are common. He wasn't a pirate
Why? Because TPB is not just a website. It is a hydra. Cut off one head (the founders), and ten volunteers in ten different countries spin up a new mirror. piratabays
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