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Title: The Pirate Bay purchase approved by shareholders Post by: Alex on August 28, 2009, 12:21:32 PM The Pirate Bay purchase approved by shareholders
On Thursday, The Pirate Bay got moved step closer to being sold to a Swedish software company that hopes to turn the world's largest BitTorrent tracker into a legitimate pay-to-download service, which will be based on how much computer power you share with the website. GGF (Global Gaming Factory) shareholders approved the $8.5 million transaction on Thursday this week, four months after TPB's four co-founders were convicted and found guilty of facilitating copyright infringement. GGF intends to, within weeks, turn TPB into a subscription based service, even though no major content providers have agreed to grant them a license. Read full story... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/neowin-main/~3/ykJlXHjsglA/the-pirate-bay-purchase-approved-by-shareholders |