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  2. The Pirate Bay - Wikipedia

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    The Pirate Bay (sometimes abbreviated as TPB) is an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software. Founded in 2003 by Swedish think tank PiratbyrÄn , The Pirate Bay allows visitors to search, download, and contribute magnet links and torrent files, which facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing among users of the BitTorrent ...

  3. Comparison of BitTorrent sites - Wikipedia

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    Development and societal aspects. By country or region. Comparisons. v. t. e. This is a comparison of BitTorrent websites that includes most of the most popular sites. These sites typically contain multiple torrent files and an index of those files.

  4. Countries blocking access to The Pirate Bay - Wikipedia

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    Kuwait. In February 2008, the Ministry of Information and Culture ordered ISPs to block 20 torrent sites, including The Pirate Bay, with the aim of blocking all torrent sites. ISP United Networks notified "The Ministry of information has today sent us a letter announcing they will be blocking all Torrent sites.

  5. 1337x - Wikipedia

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    1337x is an online website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. [1] According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2023. [2]

  6. The Pirate Bay trial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    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...

  7. BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    t. e. BitTorrent, also referred to as simply torrent, is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner. The protocol is developed and maintained by Rainberry, Inc., and was first released in 2001.

  8. PirateBrowser - Wikipedia

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    PirateBrowser [ edit] PirateBrowser was released on 10 August 2013 on the tenth anniversary of The Pirate Bay. [2] It is a bundle of Firefox Portable 23, the FoxyProxy addon for Firefox, and the Vidalia Tor client with some proxy configurations to speed up page loading. According to TorrentFreak it had been downloaded more than 100,000 times in ...

  9. Legal issues with BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    Complicating the legal analysis are jurisdictional issues that are common when nation states attempt to regulate any activity. BitTorrent files and links can be accessed in different geographic locations and legal jurisdictions. Thus, it is possible to host a BitTorrent file in geographic jurisdictions where it is legal and others where it is ...