Black Internet

Swedish ISP Black Internet Appeals Pirate Bay Shutdown Order

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 10, 2009 - 10:36am.

Stockholm, Sweden - The Pirate Bay's former bandwidth supplier, Black Internet, has been given leave to appeal a Swedish court's order to disconnect the file-sharing hub, TorrentFreak reports.

Global Gaming Factory Gets New Listing on Swedish Exchange

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 16, 2009 - 9:40am.

Stockholm, Sweden - Shares of Global Gaming Factory, the Swedish firm in the process of acquiring file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, have been placed on a new stock exchange, CNET News.com reported.

Pirate Bay Back Online After Court-Ordered Shutdown

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 8:15am.

Stockholm, Sweden - File-sharing hub The Pirate Bay is back online, after being downed for several hours after a Swedish court ordered bandwidth provider Black Internet to shutter the site, TorrentFreak reported. The site came back online about three hours after the shutdown; the group's torrent tracker is also expected to come back online soon.

Pirate Bay Taken Offline; Global Gaming Deal in Question

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 24, 2009 - 11:03am.

Stockholm, Sweden - As questions rise over the ability of Global Gaming Factory (GGF) to secure investors for its $7.8 million acquisition of The Pirate Bay, the Swedish file-sharing hub was taken offline by local authorities on Monday, TorrentFreak reported. Responding to a court order sought by several Hollywood movie studios, authorities ordered Black Internet, The Pirate Bay's main bandwidth supplier, to disconnect the site or else incur over $70,000 in penalties.