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The Pirate Bay seems staring at the prospect of a complete shutdown soon as interest groups have doubled down on efforts to take down the popular file-sharing site through domain suspension and seizure. The target of the latest attacks on TPB is the .ORG domain, which is the site's original address and is currently in use following a switch maneuver in the past weeks.
At present, thepiratebay.org and piratebay.org are the working links that point to TPB's home page but that could change soon as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) aired its demand before the Public Interest Registry (PIR) that The Pirate Bay .ORG domains be suspended. According to TorrentFreak, RIAA's move was made following an earlier attempt by the Copyright Alliance to ban the same TPB web addresses.
The RIAA represents the interest of the billion-dollar American music industry while the Copyright Alliance is the umbrella association of giant movie producers namely Disney, 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal and Viacom. Both powerful organizations have accused TPB of copyright infringement for providing free access to music and digital files.
TorrentFreak said that the RIAA is working to close down The Pirate Bay's operation, insisting on its plea to PIR that "there is overwhelming evidence of infringing and abusive activity on a domain." The group pointed to court rulings from a number of European countries as glaring proofs of TPB's wrongdoings.
For its part, the Copyright Group argued that PIR overlooking TPB's illegal operation suggests of hypocrisy. "It is shocking that a domain name registry in the United States - one that is dedicated to 'the public interest' - is allowing a blatantly illegal site to have a home on the .ORG domain," the group was reported as saying in a statement.
But the underway campaign to suppress TPB seems to be encountering stumbling blocks. PIR is uncommitted to domain seizure without the benefit of a U.S. court order while EasyDNS, The Pirate Bay's registrar, has made clear that domain suspension will happen only following the observance of due process.
And the TPB team is unfazed amidst the threats to its existence, TorrentFreak said in a separate report. The site labelled the attacks as ignorant moves on the part of rights holders.
"TPB is more than just a domain, it's a movement, and taking down one domain will have zero effect on our inalienable right to share culture with our peers," a representative of The Pirate Bay told TorrentFreak.
