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Pirate Bay is No More

Posted by: , 15:36 AEST, Thu June 1, 2006

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Swedish police detained three people in raids and closed Pirate Bay on Wednesday
The Web site operators could not be contacted but supporters said the site had not been doing anything illegal and criticised the police action.

Last year, Sweden banned the downloading of copyright material after being singled out for criticism by Hollywood. The issue of file sharing and copyright has been emotive in Sweden, a hi-tech country with a tradition of openness. More...

Credit: Reuters


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