Piratebay.org Sold for $50,000 at Auction, ThePiratebay.com Up Next

Several Pirate Bay-related domains become available again this month after their owner failed to renew the registration. Yesterday, Piratebay.org was sold in a Dropcatch auction for $50,000 and ThePiratebay.com will follow soon. Both domains were previously registered to the official Pirate Bay site.

The Pirate Bay is arguably the best known pirate site on the web.

The iconic pirate ship logo is notorious around the world and more than 17 years after it first appeared online, the site still attracts millions of visitors.

During its tumultuous history, The Pirate Bay has weathered many storms. The site was targeted in large scale police raids twice and was the subject of a criminal prosecution in Sweden that landed several of its co-founders in prison.

Pirate Bay’s Backup Domains

The site also faced several domain name issues. In 2012 it switched from its original ThePiratebay.org name to ThePiratebay.se, fearing that the former would be seized by US authorities. Later on, when the .se domain was threatened, it rotated across several other domains in search of a safe haven.

That safe haven turned out to be the original ThePiratebay.org domain from which it still operates today.

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