quote:bronThe Pirate Bay Sold To Software Company, Goes Legal
According to gaming company Global Gaming Factory X, it is in the the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay for $7.8m (SEK 60 million). The acquisition is scheduled to be completed by August and will see the site launch new business models to compensate content providers and copyright owners.
Software company Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) says it is in the process of acquiring The Pirate Bay and file-sharing technology company Peerialism. GGF claims to have the biggest network of internet cafés and gaming centers in the world.
The changeover of ownership is scheduled for August 2009, whereby GGF will take over the operation of the site.
The company says that after it has completed the acquisition it will “launch new business models that allow compensation to the content providers and copyright owners,” which is clearly a huge diversion from TPB’s previous modus operandi.
“We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site,” said Hans Pandeya, CEO GGF.
“The Pirate Bay is a site that is among the top 100 most visited Internet sites in the world. However, in order to live on, The Pirate Bay requires a new business model, which satisfies the requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary,” said Pandeya.
“Content creators and providers need to control their content and get paid for it. File sharers’ need faster downloads and better quality,” he added.
GGF will acquire the site’s domain names and sites for SEK 60,000,000 ($7.8 million) - SEK 30,000,000 in cash and the rest in newly issue shares.
File-sharing technology company Peerialism will also be acquired by GGF for a total of SEK 100 million, of which at least SEK 50 million will be in cash.
According to GGF, Peerialism has developed a new P2P distribution technology which will be used on The Pirate Bay. The technology is said to be backwards-compatible with BitTorrent although details are scarce at the moment.
At the time of writing, shares in GGF are up 155% - this will quickly become outdated, so check here for latest stats.
Goh, onverwacht. Durf alleen nu al te stellen dat dat bedrijf miljoenen uitgeeft aan iets wat heel hard gaat falen. Al die miljoenen bezoekers zullen heus niet opeens via die site betalen voor content.
Zie ook niet in hoe via reclameinkomsten de rechthebbenden vergoed kunnen worden. Maar misschien wordt het een abonnements-service?
*edit* of dit is natuurlijk 1 grote hoax.
En tsja het legaal gaan maken. Einde van TPB denk ik zo.
TPB is nu eenmaal torrents met van alles en nog wat erin, ik denk dat je dat zomaar even legaal kan maken.
Och, sinds Demonoid terug is vind ik alles wel best
.Dat was ook redelijk faal.
quote:http://thepiratebay.org/blog/164TPB might change owner
Yes, it's true.
News reached the press today in Sweden - The Pirate Bay might get aquired by Global Gaming Factory X AB.
A lot of people are worried. We're not and you shouldn't be either!
TPB is being sold for a great bit underneath it's value if the money would be the interesting part. It's not. The interesting thing is that the right people with the right attitude and possibilities keep running the site.
As all of you know, there's not been much news on the site for the past two-three years. It's the same site essentially. On the internets, stuff dies if it doesn't evolve. We don't want that to happen.
We've been working on this project for many years. It's time to invite more people into the project, in a way that is secure and safe for everybody. We need that, or the site will die. And letting TPB die is the last thing that is allowed to happen!
If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it. That's the biggest insurance one can have that the site will be run in the way that we all want to. And - you can now not only share files but shares with people. Everybody can indeed be the owner of The Pirate Bay now. That's awesome and will take the heat of us.
The old crew is still around in different ways. We will also not stop being active in the politics of the internets - quite the opposite. Now we're fueling up for going into the next gear. TPB will have economical muscles to let people evolve it. It will team up with great technicians to evolve the protocols. And we, the people interested in more than just technology, will have the time to focus on that. It's win-win-win.
The profits from the sale will go into a foundation that is going to help with projects about freedom of speech, freedom of information and the openess of the nets. I hope everybody will help out in that and realize that this is the best option for all. Don't worry - be happy!
De enige waarde die een dergelijke site zou hebben is het grote aantal bezoekers van de site en de eventuele reclame-inkomsten van banners enzo. Maar als ze TPB opeens helemaal gaan volhangen met allerlei vervelende reclames en ook van die baggertoestanden zoals hier op de FP, of iedere keer een pop-up voor je verder mag met je download, ga je mensen afschrikken, waardoor de bezoekersaantallen zullen dalen. Stel dat je dan ook nog eens concurrentie krijgt van andere aanbieders, heb je echt een probleem als je miljoenen neertelt voor TPB.
Net als die bedrijven die miljoenen betaalden voor Napster en Kazaa. Die moeten toch een ongelofelijk zeperd gemaakt hebben?
Dag TPB
De toekomst is miljoenen verspreide trackertjes die onmogelijk allemaal in afzonderlijke rechtszaken kunnen worden aangepakt. Ik neem aan dat GGF software daarvoor gaat produceren o.i.d., zo zullen ze hun investering wel willen terugverdienen.
Gelukkig gebruikte ik TBP eigenlijk nooit meer, heb genoeg privé sites en usenet.
quote:Wat was dat ook al weer?
