~upd~ — Piratabays

Over the years, The Pirate Bay has been involved in a perpetual game of cat and mouse with authorities. The site has been shut down, only to reappear under a different domain name or IP address. This has led to a situation where The Pirate Bay has become a legendary entity, with its iconic logo and slogan ("Keep in mind, the road to freedom might be paved with http://") becoming synonymous with resistance against internet censorship.

In 2009, the four founders went to court. The charges: "assisting making available copyrighted content." The verdict: guilty. Prison sentences (ranging from 8 months to 1 year) and massive fines. piratabays

The site looks exactly like it did in 2005: a cluttered, green, HTML table. No JavaScript, no CSS magic. It is ugly, utilitarian, and perfectly functional. Over the years, The Pirate Bay has been

: Its founders (Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, and Peter Sunde) were famously sentenced to prison in 2009 for assisting in copyright infringement. In 2009, the four founders went to court