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Newhoff responds to Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde

by Ellen Seidler | Dec 14, 2015 | Copyright, Piracy, Politics, Tech | 0

The Illusion of More’s David Newhoff takes Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde to task

If you haven’t had the opportunity to read David Newhoff’s thoughts regarding Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde’s recent interview published on Motherboard please take the time to do so. It’s truly a must read. Sunde spent a brief time in prison in 2014 for his role in operating the notorious torrent site whose popularity spawned clones around the globe and gave rise to the well-entrenched meme that piracy was somehow morally and politically justifiable.

Ashley Madison ads appear on torrents for its hacked data on Pirate Bay

by Ellen Seidler | Aug 21, 2015 | Ad Sponsored Piracy, Law, Piracy | 0

Ad sponsored piracy run even more amok

This has to be the irony of ironies. According a piece by Lara O’reilly in Business Insider, advertising for Ashley Madison is popping up on the Pirate Bay in searches for the hacked data. At the bottom of the results that list the complete torrent to the stolen files there’s an ad for Ashley Madison’s website. I suppose given all the bad publicity of late, the extra-marital affair website needs to find customers wherever it can eh?