ThePirateBay Releases Version 2.0

[news=http://img25.echo.cx/img25/5145/pirates9im.gif]On June 1, 2005, many approached ThePirateBay.org and were confronted with a copyright violation notice. Considering the memories of EliteTorrents.org were still fresh, many rushed to the conclusion that ThePirateBay had succumbed to Antipiratbyran. Antipiratbyran is the Swedish copyright organization responsible for maintaining intellectual property rights.

However, those familiar with ThePirateBay's sense of humor lacked the concern shared by so many. This lack of concern was exacerbated by a flippantly worded apology splashed the homepage of this site.

"Today the swedish anti-piracy organizations raided The Pirate Bay and confiscated the computers running the tracker. This probably means the end of The Pirate Bay and we, the crew, apologize for all loss of income caused by our activity over the years."

As time progressed throughout the day, clear evidence began to appear that ThePirateBay was not raided nor was it going offline. Rather, news updates were posted to the homepage which stated ThePirateBay was simply going under renovations, and a new version was being readied.

Earlier today, ThePirateBay version 2.0 was launched and is now fully operational. The look and feel of the site is similar to Google, while the search results have been reorganized and well polished. In addition, the site has been fully recoded and upgraded.

"We did some hardware re-arrangements," said Peter of ThePirateBay.org. "But the big thing is rewriting all of the system from scratch. We have a new version of our own tracker, the webpages are completly new [and] everything is built to scale.

Building to scale is the goal of any P2P network, and ThePirateBay definately aims to achive this goal.

"With more hardware, we can grow huge."

However, recoding software or adding hardware can only take a site so far. ThePirateBay has added a significant amount of new language support with the hopes to obtain a truly global reach.

While all these changes are significant, BitTorrent fans have not heard the last of ThePirateBay.org.

"...This version isn't the final version; we have some more aces up our sleeve. We try to not only be the biggest, but also the best and most innovative tracker. With a [simplified] interface it's easier for the average joe to learn how to download and get into all of it. That's part of our goal."

ThePirateBay has distributed a press release which further explains the situation.

2005-06-02 10:00:00 GMT - The Pirate Bay

"Today a new version was launched by The Pirate Bay, the world's largest BitTorrent tracker and one of Sweden's largest web sites. With revolutionary code and layout, the new Pirate Bay is considerably faster and more user friendly than the earlier version. Furthermore, the site has been internationalized and now features support for ten languages in addition to English."

"- The user friendliness and new functionalities of The Pirate Bay 2.0 will introduce the BitTorrent protocol to the wide public. Contrary to the large media corporations, we regard the diffusion of new technologies to as many people as possible as an important duty, says Fredrik Neij of The Pirate Bay."

"Aside from the new code and layout, The Pirate Bay has undergone an extensive internationalization. The site features support for ten languages in addition to English and our translators are continually working on more. Users from any of the eleven language communities will automatically get the official language of their country as preset standard."

"- Today the development often moves faster in technology than in the cultural realm. But neither language barriers nor the copyright industry's war on technology should impede people from partaking in new technologies and cultures, says anakata of The Pirate Bay."

"Furthermore, a new system of categories will make searching easier and more effective. In the near future this will imply more options for subscribers to the tracker's RSS flows. And The Pirate Bay team of developers are constantly working on new functionalities to improve the lives of users all over the world."

Source: Slyck
Link: ThePirateBay[/news]

It seems currently you dont even have to login at all...

Sweet :D
Their homepage is in Dutch over here.
A really nice job they did.

I love the new design except for one thing; you can't change the order of your search results.

Good to see them back

I like the new design SO much better than the old one!