It’s one of the longest existences in the entire file-sharing space and bar none it has been the most eventful. We’re talking about the life of The Pirate Bay, the world’s most resilient BitTorrent site. Today the site celebrates its 8th birthday, a massive achievement which may not ever be bettered in terms of longevity, sheer volume of members and material distributed.

By now the story of The Pirate Bay (TPB) and its humble Swedish-only beginnings is a well worn tale. The site’s roots can be traced back to Piratbyrån (The Bureau of Piracy), a pro-piracy organization founded in August 2003.

With the legendary BitTorrent indexer Suprnova riding high but with no significant file-sharing network in Sweden at the time, Piratbyrån decided to fill that gap. For TPB founders TiAMO, Anakata and Brokep, the relatively new BitTorren ... Read more »