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They control thepiratebay.org, which redirects to whatever is the most current TLD domain.

Try it - thepiratebay.se redirects to one of those six new domains.

Interesting!

I guess the domain has not actually been seized. The order was written but not executed yet, and there may be an appeal etc before it takes effect.

Not sure why they haven't purchased thepiratebay.aw yet, I had thought Aruba had a trade dispute with the US that dictated (from the WTO) that Aruba could violate US copyrights: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds285_e...

Antigua, not Aruba.

(technically the country of Antigua and Barbuda)