See the update 3: http://falkvinge.net/2013/03/05/evidence-the-pirate-bay-move-to-north-korea-was-a-prank-in-understandable-terms/
On 5 March 2013 10:12, Olivier Tesquet <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Libtechers, > > I was wondering what your thoughts were on this (so far a) rumor that The > Pirate Bay has moved its servers to Democratic Peoples Republic of North > Korea. It was first evoked by Rick Falkvinge yesterday, followed by a TPB > statement ironically signed "Kim Jung-Bay", while the logo was revamped : > > > http://falkvinge.net/2013/03/04/after-being-cut-from-norway-the-pirate-bay-returns-from-north-korea/ > https://thepiratebay.se/blog/229 > > Now, unsurprisingly, some people are claiming it's a well executed fake > using a BGP stunt, even though a traceroute actually lead to North Korea > sole ISP, Star-KP : > > https://rdns.im/the-pirate-bay-north-korean-hosting-no-its-fake > > So far, I can't really tell what's the idea behind such a move, except the > fact it's hard to assess (does North Korea even have broadband in > sufficient proportions to host TPB ? I doubt so). The TPB as a history in > cat-and-mouse game, as their shift from a .com to a .se domain name a few > days after the MegaUpload raid proved. But now ? When DPRK meets the > Internet, I can't help but thinking about 4chan pranks and Eric Schmidt > looking at Kim Jong-Un looking at things. > > wdyt ? > > -- > Olivier Tesquet > Reporter Médias/Net @ Télérama > +33 (0)6 47 82 05 71 > +33 (0)1 55 30 56 51 > twitter.com/oliviertesquet > > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at [email protected] or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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