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The Pirate Bay is now hosted in North Korea

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Re: The Pirate Bay is now hosted in North Korea

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Post by chimeracoder »

kyllo wrote: post #12

>"...we have been invited by the leader of the republic of Korea..." That's the wrong one, though. Republic of Korea = South Democratic People's Republic of Korea = North

Is it possible that people in the DPRK refer to themselves as the 'Republic of Korea' in an attempt to deny/disqualify the existence of any other 'Republic of Korea'? (ie, 'The one true Republic of Korea' or something like that).

Re: The Pirate Bay is now hosted in North Korea

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Post by johndoeee »

endianswap wrote: post #3

I'm sorry, but is this a joke? Or were they seriously offered server space in North Korea as some sort of political/PR thing?

The route goes to NK

traceroute thepiratebay.se output:

  12  INTELSAT-IN.car1.NewYork1.Level3.net (64.156.82.14)  127.129 ms  121.898 ms  121.857 ms
  13  209.159.170.215 (209.159.170.215)  214.763 ms  196.291 ms  210.602 ms
  14  202.72.96.6 (202.72.96.6)  697.258 ms  711.336 ms  693.061 ms
  15  175.45.177.217 (175.45.177.217)  696.368 ms  699.046 ms  702.013 ms
175.45.177.217 Seems to be an actual IP in NK[0]

[0] http://bgp.he.net/AS131279

Re: The Pirate Bay is now hosted in North Korea

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Post by notahacker »

Well it's nice to know that "one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship" wouldn't let concerns over something as insignificant as totalitarianism deter them from "forming a special bond" with a state to distribute warez.

Re: The Pirate Bay is now hosted in North Korea

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Post by astrodust »

chimeracoder wrote: post #15
kyllo wrote: post #12

>"...we have been invited by the leader of the republic of Korea..." That's the wrong one, though. Republic of Korea = South Democratic People's Republic of Korea = North

Is it possible that people in the DPRK refer to themselves as the 'Republic of Korea' in an attempt to deny/disqualify the existence of any other 'Republic of Korea'? (ie, 'The one true Republic of Korea' or something like that).

Why do communist countries insist on calling themselves "democratic"? If you're such a firm believer in that philosophy, why not have some pride?
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