Thread: Pirate Bay sold: now to become a legit site
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Old 07-20-2009, 05:45 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Nobody of the convicted persons owned pirate bay. Who was the owner is is secret. So no money went to the convicted persons. So the money will not be used to pay the fine. If there had been some risk that the money from the sale could be confiscated I doubt that the owner would have sold.
That's a good point. TPB has been sold before. The individuals being sued did not own it, they just ran it.

My understanding is that the "secret owner" was basically a shell company (for who I don't know), but I don't have any reliable support for that. It's just something I've heard/read online.
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