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Pirate Bay is banned in many countries, was raided by the police multiple times, had its founders literally put into jail, had its domains seized, is blocked by Facebook, can't get donations outside of crypto, etc.

It's a pretty good example of why you need legal teams for any sort of sustainable effort.



But, despite all of that, they were online for years with a budget that was a fraction of $100 million.

And they were hosting content that was blatantly illegal in many countries, while Wikipedia really isn't.


I mean Piratebay is up right now. At least, if not literally, in spirit. I can get torrent magnet links off a site that looks exactly like the same Piratebay and probably not get a virus.


>And they were hosting content that was blatantly illegal in many countries,

PirateBay never hosted content, and that's the problem. It's like sue yellow-pages, because they listed a drug-dealer.

And what do you mean with illegal?




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