The Pirate Bay calls itself the world’s most “resilient” torrent website, and there’s truth to that claim. Copyright holders tried very hard to shut the notorious website down, but it persevered, even when it had to change its domain names six times. It even faced ISP blockades in a number of countries but that didn’t stop the site’s growth. Latest figures from TorrentFreak show that The Pirate Bay uploads surged 50 percent over the past year and it now plays host to more than 2.8 million files, video being the most shared category.
The blockades and crackdowns are meant to alienate the site to such an extent that it starts losing traffic, which would definitely hurt. Additional data shows that this year TPB’s traffic continued to grow despite its troubles with the law, the growth was in line with the surge in uploads. The number of torrents being uploaded have doubled as compared to nearly two years ago. The second most shared category on the website in Audio, trailed by porn, other, games and software. This it is quite evident that despite the war being waged against TPB, it continues to grow. The folks behind the website don’t seem to be in the mood to roll over, they’re putting their minds to safeguarding their future against takedowns and further blocking. Copyright holders certainly won’t give up as well, so this will be an interesting cat and mouse game to keep an eye on in 2014.
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