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Pirate Bay hits ten million peers, one million torrents |
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Written by Daniel
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Monday, 28 January 2008 |
Swedish prosecutor hopes to crash party
By Kelly Fiveash
Published Monday 28th January 2008 18:02 GMT
The Register
The Pirate Bay thumbed its nose at the authorities again this weekend, claiming it now has more peers worldwide than there are people in its home turf of Sweden.
The notorious P2P website, a long-time thorn in the side of film and music execs throughout the globe, claimed on Saturday that it had passed ten million peers and one million torrents to make it "the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker".
According to Slyck, which reported the figures, Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde said: "We're very happy to be part of all of this, and hope our users keep sharing those files."
He also gloated: "We're looking to break 20 million as well. [Comments]
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