Police in Sweden have taken down The Pirate Bay seizing servers, computers and other office equipment, citing violations of copyright law. It seems that their strategy against police raids didn't work as expected!
TorrentFreaks said:Sweden authorities have just confirmed that local police carried out a raid in Stockholm this morning as part of an operation to protect intellectual property.
“There has been a crackdown on a server room in Greater Stockholm. This is in connection with violations of copyright law,” read a statement from Paul Pintér, police national coordinator for IP enforcement.
Police are staying quiet on the exact location of the operation and the targets involved but the fact that the national police IP chief is involved at this early stage suggests something sizable.
Update: all mirrors are reportedly down, for a full list check here: *snip*
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