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It appears that thepiratebay.org points to a server that then handles redirection. Question: Why hasn't the .org URL already been seized at the DNS level? DiG output below:

  ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> @localhost thepiratebay.org A
  ; (2 servers found)
  ;; global options:  printcmd
  ;; Got answer:
  ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 5372
  ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
 ;thepiratebay.org.		IN	A

  ;; ANSWER SECTION:
 thepiratebay.org.	3587	IN	A	194.71.107.15

  ;; Query time: 0 msec
 ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
 ;; WHEN: Wed Feb  1 15:37:02 2012
 ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 50</code>

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Probably because it's a lot harder to seize a site in another country which isn't technically breaking any laws.. It's different from say, megaupload in that no infringing content resides on their servers.

It's only going to get harder once TBP stops hosting even torrent files and moves to magnet links entirely. Once that happens, the site basically goes viral, since any random can just spider the whole site for magnet links and host a mirror.

And Google's Cache will contain the full information of the site itself. Think about that.

No doubt a court order will soon be sent to Google so that they can no longer index or cache TPB.

They're already getting the government to demand essentially that:

https://torrentfreak.com/copyright-industry-calls-for-broad-...

Honest question, as I don't use TPB: haven't they hosted magnet links for a long time? What's stopped people from doing that already?

They have, but their plans are to stop hosting even .torrent files. They don't actually even run a tracker anymore.

It's a lot harder to censor 64 characters of alphanumeric text than files.

Do you know the ease or possibility of scraping all the magnet links and creating a sort of Pirate bay on a flash drive? Because if so, they really live up to their motto.

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