UPDATED VERSION |  Slyck News published an article today saying popular BitTorrent torrent hosting site, ThePirateBay, has been shut down and had its servers seized by Swedish police.  It further alleges that ThePirateBay has previously enjoyed unprrecedented levels of immunity from the copyright wolves and has managed to withstand much political pressure.  

A Slashdot submission regarding this story reckons it will be an interesting watch.  Could this spark the end for other popular torrent hosting sites?  Only time will tell as the law plays catch-up to technology again.   

UPDATE | The MPAA is crowing about this development calling it a "reminder for all pirates" and using hard language like "thieves" and "pirate".  More worringly for "pirates", Swedish police, who previously closed one eye on this matter, are holding two or three ThePirateBay administrators in custody.  Right or wrong, this is a reminder to us all that copyright infringement is serious and the punishment may often go further than just the pocket.

The upcoming Free Trade Agreement with the United States will certainly result in a toughening up of our local copyright laws, and one assumes, our enforcement. 

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