Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Jul 2009 21:28 UTC, submitted by Kishe
The story around The Pirate Bay acquisition seems to be developing fast. The torrent search engine was bought by Global Gaming Factory yesterday, and they promised to build a legal P2P distribution network where content providers and copyright holders get compensated. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, GGF's Hans Pandeya detailed the business plan they have in mind for TPB.
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This is pretty much what happened to Napster. What was once a busy p2p network was made legitimate and the users all left, leaving it useless for downloading illegal content.