Tampaknya dunia torrent mendapat berita menyejukkan minggu ini. Setelah bersusah payah mencari negara yang bisa dan membolehkan server mereka dihosting, Pirate Bay dikabarkan telah melakukan deal dengan pemerintah Antigua (Antigua dan Barbuda) untuk dapat menaruh server mereka disana. Hal ini bisa dilakukan oleh Antigua berkat keputusan WTO yang membolehkan 2 negara itu (Antigua/Barbuda) untuk menjual produk milik Amerika Serikat disana.
Berikut kutipan berita dari Softpedia:
Antigua has been threatening to put together a legal pirate site for years now, to get back at the US for unfairly and illegally, it would seem cutting, down on a promising business for the small nation, online gambling.
The US decided that online gambling is “wrong” and that people shouldn’t be allowed to do it. But since it can’t completely control what people do in their homes, yet, it went after the companies and sites providing the decadent entertainment.
The World Trade Organization, the group that settles disputes between countries, has said that the US’ actions went against fair trade and agreements, but the US mostly ignored the WTO and the small island nation.
Years passed and the WTO decided that Antigua and Barbuda can start selling US intellectual property up to a certain sum each year, to recoup the losses caused by the US blockade.
Now, it seems that the country is very close to actually launching a site that would offer US music, movies and even software, for free or at discounted prices without their creators seeing a dime, all completely legal as far as the WTO is concerned.
The country is starting to ask for bids on a partner to build the site and one of those partners is none other than The Pirate Bay.
Since it’s the largest pirate site in the world and since it’s been available for years without interruption, The Pirate Bay seems like a great choice.
Any partnership would result in a new site, since Antigua can only offer works copyrighted in the US. But The Pirate Bay has the experience and the technology. It’s also more than eager to help out, TorrentFreak found out.
Antigua isn’t discounting any partner just yet, but it’s open to working with everyone. Partnering with The Pirate Bay is also guaranteed to create a lot of publicity for the new site.