So The Pirate Bay is going to launch a YouTube Killer.
That’s sort of like a company called “Bank Robbers” launching a Bank of America Killer. “The Pirate Bay” translated into any language means “Please Sue Me, I Dare You, You Pansy.”
I mean, come on. I think that’s a hilarious name, and part of me is pulling for them just because I bet they like Monty Python too. But there’s a little more to slaying YouTube than a waiving a funny name and a middle finger at big media.
Ask Yahoo how they did slaying eBay.
The only way anyone is going to put a material dent in YouTube’s stranglehold on the streaming video market is by putting up a bunch of copyrighted stuff and somehow making it stick. Granted, The Pirate Bay (arrgg, matey) is at the front of that line, having grown out of the Swedish anti-copyright organization.
But as AllOfMP3.com found out, an offshore address is no panacea for legal troubles.
The Pirate Bay has been on the run from the get go, with allegations that U.S. political pressure forced Swedish police to raid them once already. I certainly don’t think that’s the highest and best use of U.S. foreign relations, and while I’ve never used The Pirate Bay, I can see why people pull for them.
But popularity is one thing. YouTube, well that’s something else.
Either way, it should be fun to watch.
Arrgg!
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