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Contents

 * How to Access Pirate Bay While on a Mobile Device
 * Finding Torrent Files You Want to Download Through Pirate Bay
 * The Nostalgia of the Pirate Bay
 * How Does File Content Circulate on Pirate Bay?
 * Pirate Bay Today
 * What the Pirate Bay is like Now
 * What Exactly is Pirate Bay?
 * Are There Alternatives to Pirate Bay?
   * Kickass Torrents
   * 1337x
   * Zooqle
   * Torlock
   * YIFY
 * Ibi Kopimi Botani’s Association with Pirate Bay and his Death
 * What is The Pirate Bay?
 * The Pirate Bay Torrent Network and Alternatives
 * Use the categories option on The Pirate Bay to find what you need
 * Methods Used to Circumvent Pirate Bay Blocks
   * VPN
   * TOR Project
   * Pirate Bay Proxy Sites
 * What Your Mother Never Told You About Torrents
   * Torrents: What they are and how they work
   * Popular Indexing Websites
   * Torrents and the Law
   * Ahoy, The Pirate Bay!
 * The Return of Piracy
 * How Can I Use Pirate Bay?
 * BayStream is the Streaming Choice for Pirate Bay
   * What is BayStream?
   * History of Pirate Bay Streaming



HOW TO ACCESS PIRATE BAY WHILE ON A MOBILE DEVICE

Mobile devices go with us everywhere. Due to mobile devices’ growing
capabilities, people use them to watch their favorite shows and catch up on
movies while they are on the go.

Therefore, it makes sense that there is a massive market for accessing a lot of
what is available on Pirate Bay onto mobile devices.

Despite this growing need, there was no dedicated mobile Pirate Bay “The Mobile
Bay” until 2014.

Before the release of the mobile Pirate Bay, users could access the desktop
website and download content. However, it was a far less consistent experience.

Mobile Bay optimized the Pirate Bay platform to offer a unique selection of
mobile-friendly buttons, menus, and options. Therefore, using the Mobile Bay
platform is as functional and straightforward as using the desktop version.

Unfortunately, for iOS users (Apple), The Mobile Bay platform is not as
agreeable as Android software.

Android software is a lot freer and adaptable, which allows users to launch the
necessary torrents remotely. Therefore, Android users can install a Torrent
client to access the files from Pirate Bay safely and securely.

Alternatively, the easiest only way to access Pirate Bay with the same security
on iOS software is to jailbreak the device.

Additionally, after Mobile Bay launched, the Pirate Bay network also implemented
RSSbay. This feature provides RSS feeds to users so they can bookmark torrent
files and download them remotely. The RSSbay feature allows users to access
Mobile Bay quicker and more comfortably while on the go.


FINDING TORRENT FILES YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THROUGH PIRATE BAY

There is no doubt that Pirate Bay has whatever you are searching for, offering
thousands of torrent files for all of its users. Pirate Bay is one of the most
renowned P2P sharing platforms with a wide catalog of movies, videos, music,
games, and applications. Pirate Bay pretty much has it all, from retrieving old
media files to gaining access to newly-released content. There truly is a file
for everything.



You can locate the torrent files that you want to download with just a few
clicks. From the main page, enter the keywords of the file. Pirate Bay will
quickly display the search results along with the subcategories of the files.

For instance, the download links for different devices are segmented. In other
words, there are various download URLs for Mac, Android, UNIX, Windows, and iOS.
You can also determine whether the torrent files are audio, video, games, or
software. One of the most recent features includes the additional category
called “Physibles” for 3D printable objects.

To broaden your search, you can also take advantage of Pirate Bay’s search
filters. You can sort your search by file name, format, date posted, as well as
the number of seeders and leechers. Another search function worth mentioning is
the category of the search results. Users can categorize their search according
to the most popular downloads, recently uploaded torrents, and more. Overall,
optimizing your search is the best way to locate torrent files quickly.


THE NOSTALGIA OF THE PIRATE BAY

The Pirate Bay was most popular in the mid to late 2000s. That’s right around
the time they faced their first police raid, and attention was brought to the
website. People spent hours downloading torrents from the Pirate Bay. It’s
incredible what the founders did. Soon after the Pirate Bay was released, other
sites started mimicking the Pirate Bay and producing the same content for
others. But people were committed to the Pirate Bay. They continued going to the
website for new music, movies, games, and software. Instead of heading to
theaters when a new movie came out, people downloaded it from the Pirate Bay.
There is nostalgia tied in with the Pirate Bay. People used the Pirate Bay to
download the first ever Paranormal Activity Movie. They used it to download the
final episode of the Office and Dexter. As a society, no one knew back then that
in 2020 people would have access to their friend’s Netflix account, Disney +,
they’d be able to stream music for free on Spotify, and that they really
wouldn’t be using much Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay, though it exists today, is a
part of the 2000s. It’s essentially history. It paved the path for other
streaming sites. It made people realize they needed to up their game if they
wanted services. And it made it easier for the world to watch what they want to
watch at an affordable price. With entertainment being so cheap nowadays, people
don’t want to risk using the Pirate Bay for small savings. The world has moved
on from the Pirate Bay (for the most part) but it’s still a major part of most
everyone’s history.


HOW DOES FILE CONTENT CIRCULATE ON PIRATE BAY?

As we all know, Pirate Bay made it possible for millions of its users to access
music, videos, photos, games, and software for free. Users can locate networks
that hold their desired torrent files utilizing a peer-to-peer sharing program.
The platform makes it possible to make even the newly released content available
to anyone who needs it.

Pirate Bay uses a peer-to-peer network to distribute and acquire torrent files.
These networks function by coordinating several systems that share different
volumes of workloads. Since the network in itself is decentralized, a primary
administrator is non-existent. This coordination makes it more difficult for
other people to identify the source of every file.

Everything from the processor usage, disk storage capacity to network bandwidth
gets shared across different peers without a central server’s involvement. It is
also important to note the functions of Pirate Bay are not limited to hosting
Torrent files. It also helps the users determine the location of the files that
they need.

As mentioned, its peer-to-peer architecture makes it difficult to extinguish
certain contents. Taking down one peer won’t hurt the entire system itself. You
will need to locate every one of the seeders to delete particular files
completely.

For this reason, the larger the P2P network is, the faster and safer the
download speed can be. You can tell this by looking at the number of seeders and
leechers. Seeders refer to people who provide components of a media file. In
contrast, leechers are those who deleted the file from the Torrent client after
finishing the download.


PIRATE BAY TODAY

Swedish copyright authorities raided The Pirate Bay in 2014 in response to the
lawsuits tied to its founders. This raid has led to a temporary downtime of the
website before its complete seizure. Along with the disruption of the notorious
torrent website’s operations, mirror sites emerged to keep its spirit alive.
Although authorities and internet service providers try to get rid of them one
by one, proxies continue to multiply. Several years after its seizure with its
founders Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, and Gottfrid Svartholm arrested for
assisting copyright infringement, Pirate Bay is still alive and kicking.

The people behind Pirate Bay found a solution after a series of controversies
and legal bouts against authorities. They decided to have their service
equipment situated on a drone with GPS control launched in international waters.
For this reason, countries cannot have the jurisdiction to vilify the operations
of Pirate Bay.

Pirate Bay continuously searched for ways to monetize their organization despite
strict regulations worldwide. In 2017, the Pirate Bay code integrated into
Minero cryptocurrency mining to monetize the project. Although it became a
substitute for advertising to earn, many users disapproved of it, since this
initiative resulted in a substantial increase in their processors.

Furthermore, Pirate Bay maintained its reputation as the most resilient torrent
file index throughout the years. Besides its easy-to-use interface, Pirate Bay
remains impossible to take down.


WHAT THE PIRATE BAY IS LIKE NOW

Even though streaming sites like Netflix and Hulu exist, there are still people
who use the Pirate Bay. For instance, people use the Pirate Bay to stream
Netflix originals. Netflix has made themselves a site that releases new movies
and TV shows. Instead of paying for these services, people simply use the Pirate
Bay instead. In an attempt to increase viewership, the Pirate Bay also made it
possible to stream torrents from the actual site. What’s interesting about the
Pirate Bay today, however, is that though people still stream movies and tv
shows, people don’t really use it for music anymore. With apps like Apple Music
and Spotify, there’s plenty of access to free, legal music. There’s no need to
find and download it illegally online. Some of the content that exists in the
Pirate Bay’s top 100 right now is: “Mulan”, “Love and Monsters,” Among Us (the
game), “South Park the Pandemic Special,” the Harry Potter movies, and more. The
vast majority of the top downloads right now are movies and porn. There are some
non-surprising ones in there, too, like “The Office.” The views on the Office
will likely increase, as Netflix intends to take it off on their service
platform soon. The same can be said of “Friends” which was added to Netflix for
one more year, but it is meant to go soon, too. The Netflix Original movie,
“Enola Holmes” is also very popular on the Pirate Bay right now. In the middle
of a pandemic, people are watching a lot of movies and tv shows, which is likely
why so much of the downloads on the Pirate Bay are these forms of entertainment.
Perhaps when the pandemic is over, people will go back to downloading other
content like books, music, games, and software.


WHAT EXACTLY IS PIRATE BAY?

Pirate Bay is the world’s largest torrent site, according to techopedia. Users
transfer files by way of BitTorrent technology, a reliable and fast way to
exchange data. The torrent files that are found by using Pirate Bay do not
actually contain the desired content. A torrent file contains metadata about the
content. It is basically an index that contains information about the content
and the address of computers where it is available.

In order to use Pirate Bay, you will need to download and install a BitTorrent
client. You can then search TPB for specific content or browse the available
torrents which are organized into broad categories such as Video and Audio.

A Swedish group interested in the total freedom of information and elimination
of copyright founded TPB in 2003. In that spirit, the site makes copyrighted
materials available for users to download for free. Music, movies, software,
games, and e-books can all be found on Pirate Bay. To be able to upload torrents
to the site, you need to register and become a member. The process is free and
only requires an email address.

This poses a substantial problem for copyright owners who would like to be
compensated for their work. The whole idea behind Pirate Bay is to subvert
copyright laws and allow anyone to have access to any content they want for
free. A single uploaded torrent can conceivably be downloaded by millions of
users.

While recording artists or software designers might disagree, the founders of
TPB want to encourage this kind of unfettered sharing. This mindset has made use
of the site a subject of controversy. The very existence of the Pirate Bay
questions the validity of 20th Century copyright laws in the world of global
access to high-speed broadband networks.

Downloading copyrighted materials is frowned upon by the authorities in certain
jurisdictions. We would recommend that you check your local listings if you are
unsure about the legality where you live. There have been examples of successful
prosecutions under laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in
the U.S. Significant fines can be levied against those found guilty in these
copyright enforcement efforts.


ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO PIRATE BAY?

Along with the main website, proxy sites are also heavily targeted by ISPs and
authorities for restriction, which resulted in numerous proxies shutting down
throughout the years. Just as one mirror site gets taken down, another one
emerges. The short lifespan of many of these mirror sites led to a never-ending
cat-and-mouse game with authorities.

With the plethora of mirror sites available, not every proxy is reliable.
Therefore, many people chose to move on and sought after Pirate Bay alternatives
instead. Here are the other options that perform similarly to Pirate Bay:


KICKASS TORRENTS

Kickass gained popularity in 2014 when it became the staple providing a
comprehensive directory for torrent files. It even came to a point when Kickass
overtook Pirate Bay facilitating reliable peer-to-peer file sharing using
BitTorrent protocols. Unfortunately, its domains were seized by the US
government in 2016. The people behind Kickass quickly recovered and re-organized
proxies soon after its seizure.


1337X

1337x achieved its fame soon after the decline of Kickass Torrents in 2016. This
option stands out, for it remained one step ahead of copyright authorities
through a progressive set of mirror sites produced. The people behind 1337x used
this multiple-domain procedure to dodge seizures in the face of its potential
demise.


ZOOQLE

Presently, Zooqle is one of the most popular alternatives to Pirate Bay, with a
whopping 4 million downloads in its directory. Zooqle is developed in Russia,
which helped prevent further seizures from many copyright authorities. They even
offer RSS channels and membership options to help users identify the files they
want.


TORLOCK

Torlock takes pride in providing over 5 million files to download for its users.
It would be ideal for those looking for an option to find a vast collection of
verified files. Similar to the others, Torlock allows users to navigate the
website easily using fundamental queries.


YIFY

YIFY is known for providing the highest quality video while maintaining small
file sizes. Also referred to as YTS, it generated significant traffic around
2011, which directly competed against Kickass Torrents. YIFY changed its name to
YTS in 2014 when founder Yiftach Swery stepped down from the organization.

A year after that, YTS received copyright lawsuits, which forced them to shut
down permanently. This shutdown resulted in multiple clone websites that used
the YIFY name unofficially.


IBI KOPIMI BOTANI’S ASSOCIATION WITH PIRATE BAY AND HIS DEATH

The real reason the Pirate Bay founder disbanded is because one of their own, or
rather, someone who helped with the Pirate Bay mission died. Ibi Kopimi Botani
died in 2010. Though the Pirate Bay Network stayed afloat, they disbanded their
Swdish Think Tank group, Piratbyran. The group didn’t just pirate material for
the Pirate Bay. They campaigned to put an end to anti-file sharing rules,
regulations, and laws. People mourned the loss of Botani, and they also mourned
the loss of Piratbyran the the Pirate Bay Network. Though the site didn’t stay
down, this is the time when the founders gave up their work and let someone new
take the reins. It’s also likely around the time when people started to stop
pirating things in general. Piracy still exists, and has sort of made a
comeback, but it’s not what it once was. It is said the piracy can be halted by
offering cheap, free content. That’s what sites like Netflix and Spotify have
done, which is likely why piracy hasn’t been very popular in the last few years.
With Botani’s death and the downturn in piracy, many members of the Piratbyran
moved on, too. They instead decided to dedicate their services to Telecomix, a
website or decentralized cluster that is made up of activities who want vie for
the freedom of expression. They’ve worked to make it so people can express
themselves online however they want to. They’ve intervened in Syrian networks,
Egyptian networks, and more.


WHAT IS THE PIRATE BAY?

Considered one of the Internet’s household sites, The Pirate Bay is an online
database of software and entertainment-related digital files. Visitors to The
Pirate Bay may browse, download, and share torrent files and magnet links, which
promote peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing among BitTorrent protocol users. Users
have the option to look for Magnet links on The Pirate Bay. These point to
peer-to-peer network download URLs that start downloading the required content
when accessed in a BitTorrent client.




THE PIRATE BAY TORRENT NETWORK AND ALTERNATIVES

Every torrent downloader is on the constant lookout for trustworthy and
consistent sites. But, with the brutal government regulations and constant
attacks on torrenting websites, finding a consistent source for torrenting is
far more difficult than a simple Google search. Still, high-quality torrenting
sites are out there if you know where to look.

The Pirate Bay was the first website to offer a secure, convenient way to search
for torrents. So, it quickly grew in popularity. This popularity led to it
becoming one of the largest collections of torrents available as its users
continued to upload content.


USE THE CATEGORIES OPTION ON THE PIRATE BAY TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED

The Pirate Bay offers users a series of generalized categories that help you to
navigate toward the content you want to access. Each root menu provides a set of
subcategories that help to refine the results of your search.

Using the Videos category as an example, it breaks down into the following
subcategories for consideration: movies, movies DVDR, music videos, movie clips,
TV shows, handheld, HD movies, HD TV shows, 3D, and other.

One of the best categories for browsing on The Pirate Bay is labeled “Other.” It
comes with the following subcategory options: ebooks, comics, pictures, covers,
physibles, and another “other” selection.What can you find in the “Other/Other”
category menu? There are Udemy practice tutorials, Masterclass content,
television shows in multiple languages, instrument lessons, documentaries, and
textbooks.

As with any other way to find torrents on The Pirate Bay, it is up to you to
determine the legality and validity of the content in the file. Once you click
on the option to obtain the information, you are responsible for the outcomes
that occur.


METHODS USED TO CIRCUMVENT PIRATE BAY BLOCKS

As you already know, multiple countries blocked Pirate Bay. However, there are
numerous solutions to circumvent blocks and browse safely. It is crucial to
ensure that your internet activity is untraceable while downloading torrents to
prevent harmful risks.

Here’s a breakdown of each method to bypass Pirate Bay Blocks.


VPN

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) extends encrypted connections throughout the
internet to bypass remote servers. This solution allows users to send and
receive data using shared or public networks while running a private system. The
data transmitted is encrypted, which indicates your IP address is also modified.
It would appear as if the content that you have access to is of that server,
instead of your own.

Simply put, surfing the internet using VPN makes your connection appear as
though accessed from different locations. It is considered a secure and
foolproof method to circumvent Pirate Bay blocks, for it is available
everywhere. Although you can acquire VPN for free, it is safer to purchase from
well-known VPN providers. The catch with cheap VPNs would be the fact that they
keep logs of your sessions. You cannot take ownership of these usage logs, which
can potentially put your privacy at risk. Third-party providers can hand it over
to the authorities upon request. Therefore, it is essential to look for VPN
providers that do not keep logs. Reputable third-party providers charge a small
subscription fee to integrate VPN to your internet browsing.


TOR PROJECT

The Onion Router (TOR) is open-source software that enables anonymous
communication to facilitate unmonitored browsing. The developers created this
software to protect any threats against freedom and privacy. Tor Project aims to
conceal any user information and usage from those who administer network
surveillance and traffic analysis. However, Tor providers can identify its users
as a security measure in case of fraudulent activities.

It is completely free but also received reports that it can be slower compared
to the other options. You can encounter slight issues when browsing websites,
except when you begin downloading files. After installing Tor, you can proceed
to Pirate Bay using its usual link: http://thepiratebay.org/.




PIRATE BAY PROXY SITES

Accessing Pirate Bay proxy sites is the easiest way to unblock Pirate Bay. These
are mirror sites introduces when the origin website is no longer accessible to
everyone. Internet Service Providers and authorities can only blog Pirate Bay
and its proxies one domain at a time. New addresses frequently emerge and
updated to let you access Pirate Bay, but with a slightly different IP address.

PIRATE BAY PROXY LIST

The easiest way to bypass Pirate Bay censorships across countries would be the
use of proxy websites. You can select any, just google them.


WHAT YOUR MOTHER NEVER TOLD YOU ABOUT TORRENTS

The information here is meant to give everyone a better understanding of how to
use The Pirate Bay content indexing website. It will mention other content
distribution sites. This article also explains torrents, downloading and
uploading them. Since you can’t talk about torrents without discussing legal
issues, they will be touched on as well.

First a disclaimer: The information presented here is not intended to encourage
   or instruct anyone in the downloading or distribution of copyrighted
material. The use and distribution of copyrighted material is prohibited by law
in many countries. Which content you choose to interact with and how you choose
to interact with distributed content is solely your choice. Torrents and file
sharing    are not by themselves illegal. Downloading and distributing
copyrighted material is illegal in many places.

With that out of the way, let’s jump into the content.


TORRENTS: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WORK

Torrents are streams of data. A torrent contains metadata that tells a torrent
client, we’ll get to this, the name, size, and location of a file that can be
downloaded. The torrent client, which is a piece of software, then goes about
finding the place or places from which to download the file or files. It then
manages the process.

The torrent client, such as Qbittorrent or uTorrent, is an application that is
used to manage the downloading and uploading of torrents. You tell this
application where you found the torrent listed and it will do the rest. There
can often be many places that are hosting the same file. The more people or
places hosting the file, the better.

Note: When searching for a torrent client make sure it doesn’t take up too much
space on your hard drive and doesn’t have any ads, viruses, or malware.

It’s important that the file you want is hosted by more than one person. Before
I explain why that is I’ll explain what that is. It’s called peer-to-peer (P2P)
file sharing. It’s a common feature of torrents and torrenting. The person who
is hosting the file is called a seeder. The Pirate Bay called an indexer, acts
as a listing site, think of it as a map at the mall. It lists all the content
people are hosting or uploading.

The link to that content tells your torrent client where that file is. Once the
torrent client finds one seeder it will be able to find others. This will help
you download the file. The more seeders uploading the file the faster it will
download for you. How does that work, you ask?

If you are downloading a large file from a single seeder the download can take a
long time. If, however, there are many seeders, 20 is usually a good minimum,
the content will download much faster. The speed increases because the torrent
client is not trying to get the entire file from a single source. A bit of the
file comes from each of the hosts. Imagine a slice or packet of content coming
from each device hosting it. The torrent client then puts all the pieces
together and verifies the content is correct. Your download is now complete.

The content from many seeders is more likely to be safer than files seeded by a
few. We’ll touch on safety later.

When you are downloading a torrent, you are known as a leech. When you make that
file available to others you become a seeder. The Pirate Bay expects you to seed
as much as you leech. If you download two files you are expected to share or
seed as much. This puts the P2P in file sharing.



Before moving on, I want to mention magnet links. They are quickly replacing
torrent links. They send you directly to the content to be downloaded. Click on
them as you would any other link. Your torrent client should recognize them and
act accordingly.

To find the torrents of the content you crave you must point your favorite
browser toward indexing sites.


POPULAR INDEXING WEBSITES

While I was researching this article, I found a lot of lists for popular torrent
indexing networks or sites. Understand that the list below is not exhaustive.
Feel free to search for torrent sites that fit your needs and interests. Some
sites are best known for offering music, some for software, and some for other
content.

Except for the first site, they’re in no order:

 * The Pirate Bay (https://thepiratebay.org) – No matter which list I found, The
   Pirate Bay (TPB), was always at the top. Maybe because it’s been around since
   2001. Maybe because it indexes a variety of content. They have an exhaustive
   wiki (https://www.thepiratebay.wiki/)
 * RARBG (https://rarbgprx.org) – It’s a good site for movie content. It can be
   annoying the way it redirects users to ads.
 * 1337X (https://www.1337x.to/) – It indexes a lot of software.
 * Limetorrents (https://limetorrents.proxyninja.org/) – Easy to find the latest
   content available.
 * Zooqle (https://zooqle.com/) – Both old and new popular content linked by
   icons.
 * Kickasstorrents (https://kickasstorrent.cyou/) – No shortage of content but
   beware of the redirects to ads.
 * Torrent Galaxy (https://torrentgalaxy.mx/) – You’ll find a lot of TV shows
   and movies. Beware the pop-up ads.

Again, this isn’t a complete list of all the torrent networks on the web. Use
this as a guide to get started with the content you want. Consider what you want
and what you will put up with to get it. Be safe.

Whenever you download from people you don’t know you must be careful. Some
content is used as a vehicle for malware and viruses. Make sure you have a
robust, trustworthy virus protection tool on the device you use to download
content. Frequently back up your hard drive in the event you must reset your
device.

With the topic of safety at hand, it’s a good time to talk about…


TORRENTS AND THE LAW

Downloading and sharing files through peer-to-peer torrents is not in itself
illegal. It is controversial. Downloading and distributing copyrighted content
may be illegal but, in some cases, authorities look the other way. Mexico, for
example, has not prosecuted anyone for using torrents though there are laws
forbidding it. Spain once was very harsh with people using P2P services. They
used to cut off access to the internet completely. However, now, it is only a
problem if you make money doing it.

The Swiss, by contrast, take a hands-off approach. Their privacy laws are geared
to be very unobtrusive. No one should know what you do online. If this is the
best of all worlds the US is far behind. Downloading content with copyright has
resulted in court cases and fines for those found guilty.

The thinking is that by sharing copyrighted content you are stealing. You are
stealing money from those people who made it and expected to sell it. If you do
a job, you wouldn’t want your employer to skim some of your earnings and keep it
for themselves. This is called wage theft and is stealing.

By the same token, the production houses who make the movies and the artists who
make music don’t want to miss out on any money for their work. One could also
argue that the movie houses make large chunks of money on their blockbusters and
why should they cry about a few bucks here or there? That’s why it’s
controversial.

But whether you agree with them or not they have the power to prosecute. Though
instead of going after every person who downloads their copyrighted material,
they’ve hired someone else to do it. They’re called copyright trolls. They buy
the rights to copyrighted content and try to find anyone who downloads that
content. They ask your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to send or forward you a
nasty letter explaining that they will prosecute if you don’t stop downloading
their content. If you’ve downloaded a lot of it, they might expect you to pay a
fine to avoid going to court where it will have to pay a lawyer to defend you
and pay court fees.

Some ISPs block or ratchet down service to users when torrents are detected.
This is meant to deter you and prevents them from having to decide if it is
legal or not.

So, be cautious when surfing the net and downloading content from it. There are
people out there who may be seeding viruses and have other ill intent. You can
protect yourself.

Protect yourself by hiding your IP address. Do this with a Virtual Private
Network (VPN). It encrypts your IP address and all your traffic, so it is
invisible. Make sure the service does not log or keep track of your internet
travels from site to site. The VPNs I’ve seen recommended are:

 * NordVPN
 * Express VPN

However, VPNs are not free. You will have to invest in your safety online as you
invest in keeping your computer or other device virus-free.


AHOY, THE PIRATE BAY!

As mentioned, The Pirate Bay has been around for a while. It was started in
Sweden by some guys calling themselves the Pirate Bureau. They have even been
tried and convicted of aiding in copyright infringement, allowing people to get
content for free. Through it all they’ve kept the site running by changing to a
new IP address when necessary.

If you have trouble locating the site, be patient. It may be moving to a
different place on the web. A link to it may have expired. A google search for
it should bring you to a current mirror or backup site for it. You can also
check Wikipedia which usually has the latest active information.

Because the site is controversial The Pirate Bay itself recommends spending as
little time on the site as possible.

The site is available in over 35 languages.



Search the site for content as you would use a search engine like Google. Enter
a specific title or name in the search box or use the links above the search
box. Use the Top 100 link to see what is getting the most downloads now.

Other tips from The Pirate Bay:

 * Don’t use your real name, try to stay anonymous on the site.
 * Leave comments about the content you like; it helps others find the content
   too.
 * Use a VPN.

We discussed how to download a file through your client server. You click on the
link of the file you want, and your torrent client should open and start
downloading it. You can also right-click on the link and copy the URL. Then copy
it into the link window of your torrent client utility and it should start
downloading.

Now that you have your nifty new content you may want to share a file of your
own. Follow these steps:

1) Start by preparing the file for upload.

 * Know or write down the name and description of the file, you will need to
   upload that information too.
 * Details such as the file size, author, and year released will help people
   find it.
 * If you’re not sure what information you need, go to The Pirate Bay and look
   at torrents listed and do something similar.

2) Register as a member of the site. You can’t upload unless you are a
registered member.

3) Log in to the site

4) Scroll down to the link: Upload Torrent. It should be under the search
buttons.

5) A pop-up window will provide a “Browse” button. Push the button to locate the
file on your hard drive, or other device, you want to upload.

6) Next give the torrent a name or leave it blank and the file name under which
it is saved will be used. Remember that this will be the name people will see
when they find the torrent.

7) Choose a category for the torrent. You can choose from Audio, Video,
Applications, and others. If you upload music with a text file, put it under
Audio > Other. An error message will appear if you do not.

8) You can then choose to upload your file anonymously.

9) Add tags to the upload to help others find it. Put in the name of the work,
the genre, or author/composer, and the like.

10) Write a description of the torrent. It’s better to give too much information
than not enough. If you wrote that out before the upload process began, you can
simply copy and paste it.

11) Carefully read what you have written or pasted in the description. Once the
content is live you cannot edit it. To make a change you would have to delete it
and upload it again.

12) Finally push the upload button and began seeding. Keep the file available
for a few days or until others have begun to seed it too.

You have now become a contributor to The Pirate Bay content sharing platform.
Your first peer-to-peer file is available for the world to appreciate.

Now you know how torrents work. They are streams of data, carrying information
that help a torrent client locate and download bits of a shared file. A torrent
client is software that helps with the downloading and uploading of torrents.
Find one that suits you.

The Pirate Bay content sharing network is probably the most popular torrent site
on the internet. It’s not the only one but it does have a wide variety of
content.

Torrents and file sharing are controversial. These activities are blocked in
some places and not in others. There are legal issues surrounding file sharing.
That’s why the founders of The Pirate Bay were convicted of aiding copyright
infringement.

Be safe when surfing the internet and using torrents. Use a VPN to hide your
identity and web surfing history. Bad actors and copyright trolls are out there.
Use virus protection on your devices to keep them safe.

To fully participate in P2P file-sharing you must upload files others may want
as well as download.

It’s your choice to download content through torrents on the internet, or not.
You decide what content you need and how to get it. Again, be safe.




THE RETURN OF PIRACY

Piracy, believe it or not, is back on the rise. This is because of all those
subscriptions. A few years back, the only subscriptions people needed were
Netflix, and maybe Hulu. Now there’s HBO, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Disney +,
Showtime, and so many more. These sites not only stream lots of movies and tv
shows, but they create their own, as well. Paying for all of these streaming
sites to stream all of their original shows is bound to break the bank. People
may buy one or two, and then look to pirate shows on other platforms. The mid
2010s was a bad time for piracy, but the 2020s may change things up. All kinds
of channels are taking back their show from Netflix, and keeping them for their
own streaming. There’s no one place left to watch all the things you want to
watch. Every single streaming site costs more and more money. What doesn’t cost
money, however, is the Pirate Bay. People are realizing that the risk may be
worth it so they can watch the new HBO show without paying for a monthly
subscription of $15/month. Netflix may keep its popularity for a while,
especially if they keep making their own content, but it won’t be long before
other platforms are producing just as much content as Netflix. At one point do
people say, “I’m done” and simply stream everything they want to watch on the
Pirate Bay? Regardless, the Pirate Bay hasn’t hit the level of popularity it had
in the mid 2000s just yet. Get it a few months (especially in the midst of a
pandemic with an all-time unemployment rate) and it’s bound to happen.


HOW CAN I USE PIRATE BAY?

Pirate Bay provides a comprehensive directory of torrents using BitTorrent
protocol. Torrent carries the metadata of the actual file you downloaded, which
includes its size and location. Additionally, their protocol indicates that you
need to have the BitTorrent program on your computer to get started. You can
find multiple BitTorrent providers, either free or at a small fee.

You can look up torrents, depending on your desired media category. The main
types found at the homepage are video, audio, and applications. If you want to
narrow down your query, you can proceed to filter them using sub-categories.
This filter system allows you to limit your search to movies, TV shows, books,
games, operating systems, and more.

https://pirate-bay-proxy.org – visit Pirate Bay to get any torrent, be carefull
with the copyrighted materials.

After doing your search, you can simply select the torrent you want to download.
The download progress will then proceed to your Torrent Client software.
Download speeds with Pirate Bay depend on your internet connection, but it
should only take a few seconds. Seeders refer to those in possession of the
torrent file you wish to download. For instance, 500 seeders (SE) indicates that
those are the number of people connected to a network with the file.



Along with SE, you can find the label, LE next to the torrent file. Leechers
(LE) is the number of users trying to access that particular torrent file. So if
your file has a huge number of seeders than leechers at the moment, the speed
can go faster.

When trying to download files from Pirate Bay, it is crucial to check its
comment section. You can find vital information about the file, including
reviews and whether the file is flagged. You can ensure that each torrent file
can be useful, so it is better to monitor feedback.


BAYSTREAM IS THE STREAMING CHOICE FOR PIRATE BAY

Pirate Bay, or at least the concept and network surrounding Pirate Bay, is
always looking to offer something new to its network.

In 2019, BayStream appeared within the Pirate Bay network. It is unclear whether
or not Pirate Bay itself or the network that surrounded it launched BayStream,
but either way, it is made explicitly for torrent file streaming.


WHAT IS BAYSTREAM?

BayStream is a streaming service, much like Netflix, made to stream torrent
files. So, for those who are sick of Netflix or Hulu abandoning their favorite
movie or show, BayStream hopes to fill that gap.

With the possibility of BayStream, users would no longer need to download
content. Therefore, there wouldn’t be any remaining trace of them accessing the
service without a VPN.

BayStream reportedly works well when it works. However, considering the nature
of the streaming service, it experiences a lot of downtimes.

Still, the service remains in Beta. Hopefully, BayStream will iron out this
major issue and possibly become a contender for the more mainstream streaming
services.


HISTORY OF PIRATE BAY STREAMING

Despite BayStream being the first service to get off the ground, this isn’t the
first streaming service Pirate Bay has attempted.

In 2016, Pirate Bay experimented with streaming by allowing users to stream
through their browser using Torrents Time integration. That service never took
off and didn’t last long.

Yet, it undoubtedly laid some groundwork for creating and implementing this new
streaming service, BayStream.

Here’s to hoping that BayStream has better luck in creating a future for itself
because it would be an excellent alternative to mainstream streaming.