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And that’s the kind of story that turns a piracy site into a cultural myth.
One day, the site’s administrators noticed something odd: the domain ifpi.org (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) was up for expiration. Without much thought, one of the TPB founders, Peter Sunde, decided to place a bid. They won the domain for a few hundred dollars. the pirate bays.se
They didn’t just sit on it. They redirected ifpi.org to The Pirate Bay’s own homepage. For a few hours, anyone trying to visit the music industry’s main lobbying group found themselves staring at the familiar pirate-ship logo, search box, and a torrent of irony. And that’s the kind of story that turns