IOC

Pirate Bay Becomes "Beijing Bay" After IOC Complaint

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2008 - 4:37pm.

Los Angeles - After the International Olympic Committee on Monday asked the Swedish government to crack down on Swedish file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay -- which reportedly has facilitated 1 million downloads of Olympics-related footage, the group responded by temporarily renaming itself "The Beijing Bay," Wired.com reports. The Swedish government already has a pending copyright infringement case against The Pirate Bay.