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The Pirate Bay Sees Boost in Italian Traffic Following Block

torrentfreak.com — Following the decision in Italy to block access to The Pirate Bay comes the inevitable announcement. Has the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker faded away in the face of media industry pressure? Hardly. Traffic from Italy to the ‘bay has actually increased this week and the site has jumped 10 places on Alexa in Italy.

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  • Kasot, on 08/15/2008, -2/+105The Streisand Effect. Look it up, asstunnels.
  • Lucaio, on 08/15/2008, -2/+83When will they learn?
    There is no way to get of TPB.
  • Crisender111, on 08/15/2008, -2/+76People use it ==> You hate it
    You hate it ==> You block it
    You block it ==> More People use it.
    (back to square-1, just add 'more' before each)
  • Maratonda, on 08/15/2008, -2/+55TPB 1 - Berlusconi 0
  • Annibal, on 08/15/2008, -1/+54Free adv for the TPB, well done IFPI!!!
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -2/+40***** THE RIAA
    ***** THE MPAA
    ***** VIACOM
  • 321george, on 08/15/2008, -5/+43There's no such thing as bad publicity
  • Dustmuffins, on 08/15/2008, -0/+36More people use it ==> More you hate it
    More you hate it ==> More you block it
    More you block it ==> More more people use it.

    makes sense to me!
  • joshualamgroup, on 08/15/2008, -1/+26Exactly like Denmark's Tele2 ISP blocking TPB..

    When WILL they learn?
  • falafelkiosken, on 08/15/2008, -0/+25except the publicity IFPI, RIAA and MPAA gets
  • howyudoin, on 08/15/2008, -1/+24Can you say backfire?
  • mechfluff, on 08/15/2008, -0/+23The more people use it ==> The more you hate it
    The more you hate it ==> The more you block it
    The more you block it ==> The more more people use it.

    ok, that makes better sense now.
  • Azimuth1, on 08/15/2008, -0/+22I was the same. I'd never heard of The Pirate Bay before the huge raid in 2006, which was what made me aware of it. Now I use it all the time.
  • JoshDaFink, on 08/15/2008, -0/+22(back to square-1, just add 'the' before each)
  • jer2eydevil88, on 08/15/2008, -0/+18They could hire mercenaries from companies like blackwater and invade Sweden under the premise of spreading democracy. Although I'm not sure if they would spend more money on that kind of war and nation building than they claim to lose in piracy.
  • scojac, on 08/15/2008, -2/+18They can kill the people who run TPB, but they can never take....

    OUR FREEDOM!!!!!!!!
  • Nemisys, on 08/15/2008, -2/+18Their government better watch out, the last time a group of Italians got pissed off they got together and formed the mob!
  • zaffir, on 08/15/2008, -0/+10No, see, the trick is you get the American taxpayers to foot the bill for the invasion.
  • Renian, on 08/15/2008, -0/+8JESUS CHRIST YOU'RE RIGHT WHAT I HAVE DONE?!
    *seppuku*
  • afrothunderman, on 08/15/2008, -2/+9no
  • phoomp, on 08/15/2008, -0/+7History suggests that they'll never give up.
  • drjekelmrhyde, on 08/15/2008, -2/+9Fail
  • feureau, on 08/15/2008, -0/+7YOU IDIOT! Don't put the words "Streisand" and "love" in one sentence!!! What? Do you want to implode the internets?!
  • Renian, on 08/15/2008, -2/+8Oh Streisand Effect, how I love thee.
  • inactive, on 08/15/2008, -0/+6If they'd been paying attention at all they'd know that only Ninjas stand a chance at defeating Pirates...
  • Andrwmorph, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5The Pirate Bay - Heroes/cockroaches of the internet
  • phoomp, on 08/15/2008, -1/+65% increase, over previously stable traffic, through a "block". I'd say that's pretty good.
  • twodimman, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5thepiratebay.org is working for me now. they must have reopened it since they've seen that a mirror (i.e. www.labaia.org official TPB mirror) was enough to let us use the site again. they're so lame. This issue has become mainstream news the last week, so that's the main reason of the spike. To be honest tho, 99% of italians have no idea what TPB is, we're pretty much all into eMule and KAD networks. Cheers from berlusconi's lair...wish me luck.
  • satyarth, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5Backfire. What do I
    win?
  • diggmaddy, on 08/15/2008, -0/+5True. The Pirate Bay is no longer just a torrent host, it has become a symbol, just like the League of Shadows or Batman. It cannot be killed :).
  • netfool, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4The tighter your grip, the more that will slip through your fingers.

    Seems appropriate.

  • umbrellainabin, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4***** THE RIAA
    ***** THE MPAA
    ***** THE IFPI
    ***** THE BFI
    ***** VIACOM
    ***** COMCAST
    ***** MEDIADEFENDER
    ***** AT&T
    ***** THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
    ***** BUSH
    ***** DRM
  • jamdogg, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Before that they got pissed off and formed an Empire!
  • fuzzymuzzy, on 08/16/2008, -0/+4Profound
  • Oddish, on 08/15/2008, -0/+4Invade Sweden under the premise of spreading democracy? Uh... Sweden is one of the most democratic countries in the world. That's more than what can be said about the USA in its current state.
  • 22justin, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2the Italian government also shut down Italys largest private tracker about three week ago, COLOMBO-BT.org

    Maybe the guys from TPB can get in contact with the admin from colombo and find him some proper hosting
  • prattmic, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2
  • inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2OK Jesus Christ, guys...
  • Lucaio, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2Yeah eMule seems like a pretty popular choice in Italy
  • doshindude, on 08/15/2008, -0/+2Fascist fail?
  • gannondork, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2hmm how long will people want stuff for free? yeah i think that new users will think to themselves long and hard about it and decide to quit.
  • derjames, on 08/16/2008, -0/+2You should read the legal section of the TPB...
  • melodeath666, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1I remember "asstunnel", classic word from the good old days. Dugg.
  • Definition, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1I say TPB 1 - Berlusconi -1 because more people surfed TPB than ever before.
  • inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
    http://www.guba.com/watch/3000032134
    For educational purposes!
  • inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1I hope Stewart moves The Daily Show and The Colbert Report off Comedy Central (Viacom), then I can finally boycott Viacom.
  • inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1grats TPB
  • inactive, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1She is an unsinkable ship.
  • jtbell04, on 08/15/2008, -0/+1I do not love Streisand.
  • Intamin, on 08/16/2008, -0/+1When will the wreck clear? It seems using the pirate bay to reroute traffic is a little inefficient, no? What with all the ships they'll need to carry the cars...plus they have to worry about people getting robbed, scurvy, and walking the plank.

    Don't they just have another interstate?
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