ThePirateBays earns 3 million USD a year! - GoFuckYourself.com

GoNe · 01-31-2008, 03:17 PM

The Swedish police has just found evidence that ThePirateBay has a income of around 3 million USD a year.

That's some crazy money!!

If you can read Swedish here is my source.
http://www.e24.se/branscher/itteleko...kel_225199.e24

Michaelious · 01-31-2008, 03:22 PM

Nice, they'll still make a profit

SteveLightspeed · 01-31-2008, 03:24 PM

They'd make a lot more if they weren't such fucking thieving scumbags...

Lace · 01-31-2008, 03:31 PM

haha....

D Ghost · 01-31-2008, 03:35 PM

damn dats phat

JamesK · 01-31-2008, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed

They'd make a lot more if they weren't such fucking thieving scumbags...

No they wouldn't

sltr · 01-31-2008, 03:39 PM

that $250k penalty and seizing all their hardware will certainly teach them.

commonsense · 01-31-2008, 03:45 PM

I wonder how much in content theft it took to make $3 mil. Think it was over $100 mil?

GoNe · 01-31-2008, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by sltr

that $250k penalty and seizing all their hardware will certainly teach them.

They got fined with a penalty? Never heard anything about that and all their hardware has been returned from what I read.

However they bought new hardware right away after the raid and loaded their backups on the new servers. :/

The Duck · 01-31-2008, 04:08 PM

Their hardware has not been returned as far as I know.

Violetta · 01-31-2008, 04:25 PM

nice... that is a shitload of money

DaddyHalbucks · 01-31-2008, 04:28 PM

Nice money, too bad it's ill gotten.

I am sure they could make as much (if not more) being legit.

gideongallery · 01-31-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

Nice money, too bad it's ill gotten.

I am sure they could make as much (if not more) being legit.

well let see they just announced that you just hosted their 1 millionth torrent and they were only charged for less than 200 counts.

200/1,0000,000

i would say that a majority of the traffic is not ill gotten.

Doctor Dre · 01-31-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by commonsense

I wonder how much in content theft it took to make $3 mil. Think it was over $100 mil?

Dude it's in billions

100 000 photoshop downloads = more then 50 mills

mrwilson · 01-31-2008, 07:48 PM

it wont stop..
the more the press bitch the more exposure they are giving them!

Fizzgig · 01-31-2008, 07:53 PM

I could use a million.

V_RocKs · 01-31-2008, 08:05 PM

Not crazy on that traffic. Normal.

Fap · 01-31-2008, 11:53 PM

To bad they have nowhere to spend it, theyre always on the run

QuaWee · 01-31-2008, 11:59 PM

congrats to the winner

Pornwolf · 02-01-2008, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by commonsense

I wonder how much in content theft it took to make $3 mil. Think it was over $100 mil?

I'm guessing at least a billion.

SomeCreep · 02-01-2008, 12:42 AM

Ders gold in dem hills!

WiredGuy · 02-01-2008, 12:48 AM

Am I the only one who's thinking that's not a lot of money considering they're the top torrent site?
WG

ucv.karl · 02-01-2008, 12:54 AM

Only 3 million? With that volume of traffic they have, they should be making way more.

Paul Markham · 02-01-2008, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ucv.karl

Only 3 million? With that volume of traffic they have, they should be making way more.

They could never get traffic the honest way. Well not to make that kind of money.

As someone who has faced a judge for porn, it should relate, I can tell you any fine today is just the first step. When the re offend and go before a judge again it's an easier case to win and the fines are bigger and prison terms longer. Judges hate people who don't learn their lesson.

Also a warning to others.

Paul Markham · 02-01-2008, 03:43 AM

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?s...32237&from=rss the English version.

After Shock Media · 02-01-2008, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ucv.karl

Only 3 million? With that volume of traffic they have, they should be making way more.

Not sure if anyone has done any estimated math. Like how much traffic per day approx does the site get that way we can figure out how much the average PB member is even worth.

This alone could scare enough would be tube owners away from thinking piles of cash and millions of hits when they can see some cold numbers of the largest content theft site out there.

Seriously you can almost tell whom among gfy is starting up or attempting to start a new tube style site. Legit or not does not really matter much though, its a big trend catching on and soon will be like the joke that everyone has at least 10 tgps or 10 blogs and so forth. Just more free content saturation. Well at least the legit ones are not stealing yet, but we all know soon they will want something and presto bring on the installs, toolbars, viruses, ect.

Trax · 02-01-2008, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

Dude it's in billions

100 000 photoshop downloads = more then 50 mills

that is assuming that all people who download photoshop would otherwise buy it
and thats where it gets unreasonable
same goes for movie theft...

Barefootsies · 02-01-2008, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveLightspeed

They'd make a lot more if they weren't such fucking thieving scumbags...

I like your style.

Shaze · 02-01-2008, 05:28 AM

i never heard of them...thats alot of money.

L-Pink · 02-01-2008, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul Markham

I can tell you any fine today is just the first step. When the re offend and go before a judge again it's an easier case to win and the fines are bigger and prison terms longer. Judges hate people who don't learn their lesson.

Also a warning to others.

Why · 02-01-2008, 09:16 AM

WG, your not the only one.

considering hosting all those servers probably costs a bit too, along with all the legal fees. Gross and Net are two differant things.

01-31-2008, 03:17 PM	#1
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