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The Pirate Bay Moves Servers to Egypt Due to Copyright Laws

thepiratebay.org — Due to the new copyright legislation that are going to take effect from today we had to move all of the system outside of Europe...

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  • lordfoul, on 04/01/2008, -58/+4hehe I hope this makes the front page.
    • D14BL0, on 04/01/2008, -30/+3C'mon, don't give it away.

      Also, bury this down, because this would also give it away should anybody see, as well. :(
      • LocalDocal, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Doesn't matter. Search engines exists for a reason.

        Kind of funny. I thought the places where TPB have their servers were supposed to be a secret anyway. Why then hell did they announce this one?
    • joshua5, on 04/01/2008, -4/+2Oh yeah thats a great idea. Move operations to a country that has helped the United States torture people. This will end well for TPB.
  • Majjoodi, on 04/01/2008, -34/+6I am a fool
  • BlueStreak69, on 04/01/2008, -33/+9April Fool's joke anyone?
    • TitaniumLizzard, on 04/01/2008, -1/+11It was North Korea last year
  • cowcowmoomoo1, on 04/01/2008, -18/+302Don't expect to take any article on digg seriously for today only.
    • rboyce, on 04/01/2008, -4/+132Dude, I try not to take Digg seriously ANY day.
    • agentem, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4This is uninspired. Last year they were moving to North Korea.
  • puddi, on 04/01/2008, -11/+194Totally believed it on the first glance, I have a feeling today is going to be a long day for a gullible fella like me.
    • ralphthemagi, on 04/01/2008, -1/+8Oh crap, me too. I think I'm just going to turn off the internet for today.
    • AzureRise, on 04/01/2008, -1/+7Yeah, funny huh? Btw, I need to move a large amount of money from my Saudi empire. Can you give me your bank account to use as a temporary transfer? I'll give you a 10% cut.
    • DarkSamus, on 04/01/2008, -1/+4well I, for one, welcome our new file sharing pharaoverlords
    • ChairShot83, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1"You think I'm a gulla-bull or even a gulla-calf?"
    • LocalDocal, on 04/01/2008, -0/+0I discovered it as an April's Fools on the second look (and, stupidly, after I made a comment). Honestly, I really hate this day, and I thank God I don't know anyone who actually plays pranks on it.
  • juggalofr33k, on 04/01/2008, -10/+111Happy April Fools Day! :~)
    • Just, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3I wish it wasn't but i think it is really.
      It would be further from me the server but would be cool to see such a big torrent site move into unexplored territory
    • jcannonb, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Well, *****...
  • Shinobi326, on 04/01/2008, -11/+4I fell for it. The first thought that crossed my mind was "Damn... I thought they just moved servers not too long ago?!"
  • Barnolde, on 04/01/2008, -14/+124AprilFools[2008]DvDrip[Eng]
    • PL3NTY, on 04/01/2008, -3/+131April.Fools.2008.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-PL3NTY
      • sovietninja, on 04/01/2008, -1/+22the best part of that is plenty lol. oh wait its your screenname.... lol
      • saisumimen, on 04/01/2008, -3/+4April.Fools.2008.needlessly.reencoded.again.i'm.so.cool.*****.pl3nty.aXXo
      • mattmcm, on 04/01/2008, -0/+18PLEASE SEED I'm stuck at 4.1% ffs!
      • MiDri, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Audio desyncs at 35:51, NUKE!
    • daza, on 04/01/2008, -0/+20DON'T DOWNLOAD IT'S JUST A 2HR RICK ROLL LOOP! SAVE UR BANDWIDTHS!
    • AmnioticEntity, on 04/01/2008, -3/+2AXXO returns to the scene for one last rls?!?!
  • tiraspol, on 04/01/2008, -36/+5Aprils Fools is another day made to keep Americans at their low stupidity and gullible level. Please use this
    day to make fun of all the idiots that deserve it.
    Thank You.
    • bingobongony, on 04/01/2008, -3/+17What the *****? So..you just go around in life looking for ANY chance to go on a bitch fest tirade against Americans? As if you are SMARTER than the average American?
    • bingobongony, on 04/01/2008, -3/+11I mean, my god! You are talking about stupidity, and your Digg picture is Eminem! Holy *****...do you not see the hilarity in that?
    • BobbyMC, on 07/21/2008, -2/+9Aside from all that, the fact is if people have to go through a day of getting messed with it strengthens their defenses against gullibility, and the more April Fools that go by, the more they are trained to question what they hear, regardless of the source.

      It's probably the most productive of all US holidays.
    • zongamin, on 04/01/2008, -0/+8'Low stupidity level' - you ***** idiot you don't even know what you are talking about.
  • unr1, on 04/01/2008, -4/+54servers are on redundant camel backs
    • sovietninja, on 04/01/2008, -1/+5Let us hope they don't spit.
      • talonstriker, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1That only happens when Aladdin jumps on them.
    • ultrafez, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Could have sworn you said camel racks. I mean what's wrong with your standard server rack, no need for getting these new fancy camel versions.
  • D14BL0, on 04/01/2008, -17/+2This is a sad day for the Pirate Bay.
  • sanitarium09, on 04/01/2008, -8/+14God damn April Fools.
  • Khast, on 04/01/2008, -10/+11I hope that this is a April Fools joke...probably is... But if it were true, I could almost think the RIAA would come up with special intelligence about terrorists in Egypt....They got movies about WMD, and Global Warming! ZOMFG!
  • PL3NTY, on 04/01/2008, -10/+4Camel toe
  • Lovaan, on 04/01/2008, -6/+1We don't know it's not real....
  • nlsk8ta, on 04/01/2008, -8/+2APRIL FOOLS! ... damn, I'm late.
  • silver98, on 04/01/2008, -4/+79Viva la RIAA!



    (April fools)
  • Rendonsmug, on 04/01/2008, -13/+6To Egypt? Ah well, Sweden was cool while it lasted. I wouldn't think that Egypt's laws on copyright stuff would be the most favorable to TPB, but I guess they know best.
  • fish3r, on 04/01/2008, -6/+2and the april fools begin.
  • fxu1989, on 04/01/2008, -10/+3APRIL FOOL'S, *****.
  • metapop, on 04/01/2008, -7/+2this suddenly makes complete sense.
    http://digg.com/odd_stuff/It_s_Official_Bit_Torren ...
  • paul7986, on 04/01/2008, -13/+7They admit here what a joke this really is http://tinyurl.com/2q9j9y Good one, I was fooled!
  • djpaec, on 04/01/2008, -9/+2yeah this'll really help with the whole, Piracy terrorism links.
  • azpat, on 04/01/2008, -1/+11I know the date, but I still think it would be awesome if the pirate bay were to strap a server onto a satellite and launch it into orbit.
  • killq, on 04/01/2008, -10/+0Dumb *****. It is not even april fools yet. The joke is on you retards. I live in the western ***** hemisphere bitches. Consider yourselves pwned!

    It is not every day you punk out the bitches at pirate bay. I consider myself thankful.
    • Beaches, on 04/01/2008, -2/+2Ha, Sorry... not for being early,... for you living in the western hemisphere.
  • LembasBread, on 04/01/2008, -8/+2April Fools is so great :D
  • Matt174e, on 04/01/2008, -8/+2THIS IS NOT MADNESS. THIS IS APRIL THE FIRST.
  • mal1964, on 04/01/2008, -9/+3"Save me, save me from tomor-orrow
    I don't want to sail with this ship of foo-ools, no no
    Oh-oh-oh, save me, save me from tomor-orrow
    I don't want to sail with this ship of foo-ools, no no
    I want to run and hide
    Right now - ri-ight now-ow yeah-eah-eah"
    -World Party-
  • UNDERSTAR, on 04/01/2008, -6/+3Bababooey!!!
  • spartan777, on 04/01/2008, -6/+13comment removed
  • hollyminkowski, on 04/01/2008, -8/+2April fool?
  • fuzzybeard, on 04/01/2008, -8/+3Damn! I fell for it too!
  • kahrytan, on 04/01/2008, -8/+3Anyone who fell for this obviously forgot TPB is decentralized now.
  • EatChex89, on 04/01/2008, -8/+3So uh, it isn't April 1st yet on the west coast. People are really quick on the draw this year, huh?
  • H2Glitch2007, on 04/01/2008, -2/+27It would be kickass if the servers were in a pyramid.
    • Dhalgren, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1And had someone's mummified remains in the middle?
    • ours, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Holy pyramid plundering pirates Batman!
  • badassninja, on 04/01/2008, -11/+17digg me down
  • lordshank, on 04/01/2008, -4/+2actually lol'd pirate style
  • noloveIII, on 04/01/2008, -0/+11Hey uuiU is back
  • GliTCH82, on 04/01/2008, -2/+8I'm Egyptian and I can confirm this is totally accurate. Yep.
  • blankoboy, on 04/01/2008, -8/+29It's actually not an April Fool gag as you can see be the footage of the server move here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    • arkuden, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1gaaaa you bastard. I knew I would get hit eventually... but i thought I might at least be able to see it comming. kudos to you.
      • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/01/2008, -0/+1Remember these 4 letters: uuiU
  • jojo1224, on 04/01/2008, -9/+1Its a joke, look at this:
    IP Address: 83.140.176.146
    IP Location: Sweden
    And the servers would of been down to day if they did move them.
  • kahlessreborn, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3I wish it was a bit more believable
  • shawnanigans, on 04/01/2008, -0/+4I hope no real news gets announced today, because I won't believe it.
  • ericdano, on 04/01/2008, -0/+3Those Silly Swedes!
  • koreth, on 04/01/2008, -1/+3April 2, please hurry.
  • LeeSoong, on 04/01/2008, -2/+3One World Government, The Pirate Bay will eventually fall to the New World Order.

    Resistance is Futile. They will be assimilated.

    Obey. Submit. Conform.

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1070329053 ...
  • mjl5629, on 04/01/2008, -1/+5Oh well, at least Demonoid is back.
  • Murrabbit, on 04/01/2008, -0/+7I liked it better last April 1st when they moved everything to N. Korea.
  • ZeroCool07, on 04/01/2008, -0/+2Now we have the pyramids and The Pirate Bay servers! (But yeah, it's April fools =[)
  • SpookyApplePie, on 04/01/2008, -3/+6Obligatory: ***** THE RIAA!!!
    • bbqsalad, on 04/01/2008, -2/+1YEAH AND JESUS!
    • Oracle24666, on 04/01/2008, -1/+1Oh wow, I just say ***** the riaa and I automatically get dugg up. hoo hee hoo duh! Digg fanboys crying over the riaa. Waaa!!1haha

      Didn't your mamma tel you it's not nice to steel?
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