https://torrentfreak.com/swedish-police-raid-the-pirate-bay-site-offline-141209/

For many years The Pirate Bay has been sailing by the seat of its pants so any downtime is met with concern from its millions of users.

This morning, for the first time in months, The Pirate Bay disappeared offline. A number of concerned users emailed TF for information but at that point technical issues seemed the most likely culprit.

However, over in Sweden authorities have just confirmed that local police carried out a raid in Stockholm this morning as part of an operation to protect intellectual property.

“There has been a crackdown on a server room in Greater Stockholm. This is in connection with violations of copyright law,” read a statement from Paul Pintér, police national coordinator for IP enforcement.

Police are staying quiet on the exact location of the operation and the targets involved but the fact that the national police IP chief is involved at this early stage suggests something sizable.

In addition, expert file-sharing case prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad has commented on the raid, further adding weight to the incident.

“There were a number of police officers and digital forensics experts there. This took place during the morning and continued until this afternoon. Several servers and computers were seized, but I cannot say exactly how many,” Ingblad told SR.

Ingblad would not be drawn on any arrests during the operation but TorrentFreak has learned that police may have detained at least one man connected to the site.

While it seems certain that The Pirate Bay has been targeted today, it was not the only casualty. Several other torrent related sites including EZTV, Zoink, Torrage and the Istole tracker are also down.

Update: The Pirate Bay’s forum Suprbay.org is also offline. The same goes for Bayimg.com and Pastebay.net.

can't remember when last i went to TPB, haven't people heard of kickass? and if its movies or shows you want, please do yourself a favour and just install popcorn time.

And now we move on to the next popular torrent site (which I am pretty sure most tpb users have done anyway long before this) and continue sailing the 7 seas

Good start, but it's like cutting the heads of a hydra. I don't think you can kill illegal torrenting. (I know not all torrenting is illegal)

It's definitely worth trying though

Well they could try and be like Demonoid. It always comes back xD

eh, they'll find a way

That's what I use. I find it cleaner and better than TPB.

I use this thing called money to get things I like.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=194887&page=1#

Already posted.

didnt they wanted to built their servers in north korea? Servers them right, next time dont built servers in US allies