VicLovan.com NEWS » parallel universe http://www.viclovan.com/news Be sure to "middle click" on the post links to open them in a new tab. Kids get your mom or dad to approve all the news feeds, some may be PG-13 or higher. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:08:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pirate Bay fires its copyright-busting cannon at YouTube http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/06/29/yaar-the-pirate-bay-fires-its-video-bay-cannon-at-youtube/ http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/06/29/yaar-the-pirate-bay-fires-its-video-bay-cannon-at-youtube/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:13 +0000 CrunchGear http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=97747 Supposedly, the The Pirate Bay guys were found guilty in their recent trial in Sweden, and, supposedly, they got sentenced to a year in prison and had to pay $4.5 million in damages. But back in the parallel universe which happens to be the real world, they've appealed the verdict and could probably keep doing so for the next few years. So in the meantime they need to keep busy, and what better way to do this than start a new user driven video portal to take on YouTube, called, predictably, Video Bay, allowing users to post and share video clips without having to worry about copyright violations. Seems reasonable. It's not like they need to attract any more legal interest or anything. [...]]]> Supposedly, the The Pirate Bay guys were found guilty in their recent trial in Sweden, and, supposedly, they got sentenced to a year in prison and had to pay $4.5 million in damages. But back in the parallel universe which happens to be the real world, they've appealed the verdict and could probably keep doing so for the next few years. So in the meantime they need to keep busy, and what better way to do this than start a new user driven video portal to take on YouTube, called, predictably, Video Bay, allowing users to post and share video clips without having to worry about copyright violations. Seems reasonable. It's not like they need to attract any more legal interest or anything.


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