E-consultancy - Robert Andrews' Blog: Wal-Mart ads ‘keep Pirate Bay afloat’

- Robert Andrews

Excerpt from E-consultancy - Robert Andrews' Blog:-

Asda parent Wal-Mart is reportedly placing banner ads on under-fire BitTorrent trading site The Pirate Bay.

Sweden-based The Pirate Bay grew into the world's largest torrent tracker last year, doing a roaring trade in illegally shared TV shows, movies and more. Law enforcers shut the site down in May, but it resurfaced, more popular than ever, just days later to torment the entertainment industry again.

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