ISP Forced To Dump Pirate Bay

By Christopher Nickson
August 26, 2009

ISP Black Internet was forced by a Swedish court to drop Pirate Bay, but it's back with a new ISP.

A Swedish district court issued an order last Friday to ISP Black Internet, forcing it to drop file-sharing site Pirate Bay or face a fine of 500,000 kroner (around $30,000), all as a result of action brought against the site by the music industry.

However, the wily Pirate Bay was back online quickly enough, using a new ISP. It issued a press release, echoing World War II defiance:

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the baywords.org, we shall fight on the /. and on the digg, we shall fight in the courts; we shall never surrender."

In a statement the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry praised the court’s ruling:

"The court's ruling yet again confirms the illegality of The ...

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