23 November 2007
Software pirates have launched an astonishing attack on the music business, stealing the domain name of one of its foremost anti-piracy bodies.
The Pirate Bay has now taken up residence at IFPI.com, a domain once owned by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). The Pirate Bay now says the site will promote the International Federation of Pirates Interests.
The Pirate Bay is, of course, infamous for being the world's largest BitTorrent tracker with over 630,000 torrents that comprise illegal rips of audio CDs, TV shows and movies, as well as software and video games.
The domain name steal is the latest in a long line of skirmishes between The Pirate Bay and IFPI. IFPI had most recently tried and failed to secure confidential files from the Swedish police.
When asked to confirm how they got the domain name, Pirate Bay administrator Brokeup told TorrentFreak:
It's not a hack. Someone just gave us the domain name. We have no idea how they got it, but it's ours and we're keeping it.
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