Archive for August, 2009

What’s up with The Pirate Bay? Part II (p2pnet.net)

p2pnet news view P2P:- While the eyes of the P2P filesharing world are on Global Gaming Factory X boss Hans Pandeya, the man who wanted to be a pirate, The Pirate Bay pirate, there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in the background, much of it centering on former TPB spokesman Peter ‘We [...]

Repo agents swoop on Pirate Bay buyer (p2pnet.net)

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Dear, dear. Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for Global Gaming Factory X which, on Thursday, was to have become the official new owner of The Pirate Bay but didn’t, they’ve taken on an even murkier hue. As p2pnet reported a week ago today, GGF boss [...]

Is Pirate Bay sold? Don’t believe it (CNET)

Global Gaming Factory X says its deal to acquire The Pirate Bay will go through, but nothing about this deal seems certain.

GGF Stockholders Approve Pirate Bay Acquisition (PC World)

Global Gaming Factory X shareholders voted to acquire file sharing site The Pirate Bay, but questions linger if the merger will really happen.

Pirate Bay sale approved; legal version coming soon (Ars Technica)

Global Gaming Factory X, the Swedish company that plans to buy The Pirate Bay domain for SKr60 million (about $8 million), today held an “Extraordinary General Meeting” that has approved the deal. According to GGF, The Pirate Bay will shift to a legal file-sharing hub from day one after the acquisition. The actual purchase process [...]

GGF stockholders approve Pirate Bay acquisition (Computerworld)

IDG News Service - Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) shareholders voted to acquire file-sharing site The Pirate Bay at a meeting in Stockholm on Thursday.

Pirate Bay suitor gets backing for buy (The Register)

Not a done deal yet, though… Global Gaming Factory X (GGF) shareholders have unanimously given the thumbs up to the firm’s plans to buy The Pirate Bay.… The power of collaboration within unified communications

The Pirate Bay deal on the rocks? (p2pnet.net)

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Today is the day Global Gaming Factory X was to have become the official new owner of The Pirate Bay and GGF shareholders voted to acquire the site, says the IDG News Service, noting:. “That a majority of the stockholders in GGF gave the acquisition its blessing doesn’t come [...]

Pirate Bay Sale Approved (Mashable)

Sure, the Pirate Bay was shut down by its ISP two days ago but the story is far from over. After several false-starts , the Swedish company Global Gaming Factory X has approved its CEO’s plans to purchase The Pirate Bay’s domain . The company intends to relaunch the service as a legal file sharing [...]

Swedish regulator to Pirate Bay suitor: where’s the money? (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Swedish financial regulators want Pirate Bay suitor Global Gaming Factory to reveal how it will fund its takeover of the popular download site despite GGF chief executive Hans Pandeya insisting Thursday that a deal could be completed “within eight days”.