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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The whole premise here was that TPB had no actual content, it was just a tracker+searchengine - so all they've purchased is a front-end on a technology that has no center... I can't help but feel like they were misled, or at least seriously delusioned.
I was thinking the same. Even at the trial, the prosecution made huge mistakes when they tried to explain how the torrent network actually worked. TPB is a public tracker, not a private one. Most of the members will just jump to a different tracker as soon as links to "illegal" content is removed.
So long for the "huge P2P power", they only bought a name and a few servers for a ridiculous amount of money. Establishing a P2P-based, legal content distribution channel is possible (many MMORPGs updaters work this way), but buying the TPB won't help at all.