Is the Pirate Bay down?

[Killergran]

highwaystar101 said:

I did a report and presentation for university on Internet piracy and it's effect on the sales of TV hardware and whether it is a benefit or hindrance. I examined both viewpoint for and against examining the various factors supporting both. My eventual conclusion was that it was a pretty big hindrance.

I found out that in countries that had growing rates of Internet piracy had a direct correlation for declining sales of new television technology such as subscribed IPTV services.

Piracy harms the economy in pretty much every way, in fact I could only find one situation where Internet piracy actually spurred the sales of television hardware in any significant way.

I study television technology at university and my industry can't grow because of this. Every time one of these sites flare into existence you might as well spit in my face.

That would be really interesting to read. Myself I have stopped watching Television almost completely, so yes, I can see how that could be. Why watch television when you can decide what and when to watch on your computer? And if you don't watch TV, you don't need one.

I don't doubt at all that if you checked you'd find a very positive correlation between broadband connections and piracy. As well as computers, MP3 Players, DVD-R's and HDD's.

I keep saying it's true that Piracy causes an unnatural shift in resources.

And it would be really interesting to read your report. If that is possible.