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		nextparadigms on Jan 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paulo Coelho advertises on Pirate Bay front page Something tells me MPAA and RIAA will desperately try to make the US Gov take down TPB's site now too. Piracy scares them, but real competition at this level where they can actually poach popular artists from them must terrify them.

throwaway64 on Jan 28, 2012 [–]

yes, it is interesting MegaUpload got taken out shortly before it was going to launch its own label/music distribution system.

pyre on Jan 28, 2012 | [–]

... but the investigation that lead to the take-down was 2 years in the making.

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