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Pirate Bay now on .GL domain name

The PirateBay has been a permanent part of the internet for a long time now, but despite this, its domain hasn't been quite so stationary. We saw it go from PirateBay.org to PirateBay.se back in 2012 and now it's set to evolve into its next iteration: Piratebay.GL.

This comes because Swedish authorities seemed likely to seize the domain and not one to tempt fate, TPB staff simply moved it over to an alternative. At the time of writing, the .se domain is still working, so in the wake of the move the Swedish officials may not bother, since it won't make much difference in the end.

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TPB took to the cloud last year to prevent server seizures

As TorrentFreak points out, while the move to the Greenland domain won't make much difference for Pirate Bay users, it will be a pain in the neck for those that filed DMCA takedown requests with Google, as they'll have to file them all over again for this new domain. Perhaps they'll file takedown requests, of their own original takedown requests in order to takedown the new takedown requests?

An interesting result of this domain change however, is that those whose ISPs have blocked TPB, may find some functionality returned to them. Can you access the torrent search site from your “blocked” connection?

KitGuru Says: It's beyond laughable when authorities go after The Pirate Bay these days. It'll continue to operate without problems, regardless of attempts to block its access. It's only by competing directly with it that companies will see its influence fall. Netflix and Spotify have probably done more to ‘harm' The Pirate Bay than any takedown or blocking attempts.

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  1. TPB is still blocked with Virgin Media using the .gl domain.