Click Here to Read The Original ArticleThe file sharing site The Pirate Bay are operating with revenues far exceeding previous estimates. The most expensive ads cost $40,656.93 for a single day.
And that's only for the Scandinavian market.(EDIT: Here's an update word is TPB makes about 9Mil USD Anually!)
With ad revenues from the entire planet the bottom line is even more attractive. The money is channeled through a company in Switzerland sharing an address with another company specializing in tax planning.
The controversial file sharing site The Pirate Bay is far from the innocent hobby project cofounders Fredrik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm want people to think.
The police investigation of The Pirate Bay is about violations of copyright law because the file sharing site helps Internet users share files with copyright protected material. [VixStep]
So now does everyone remember these dudes collecting dough for their own torrent island somewhere out in never never land... Now that the cats out of the bag are you going to give your loyal users their money back - Didn't think so!
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