ThePirateBay website accused of directing users to pirated films, music and software has been closed by Swedish police. More than 50 law enforcement officers raided 10 locations and confiscated the computers and arrested three people.

ThePirateBay had described itself to be the largest search index for BitTorrent, a system used for sharing large files over the internet.

In a statement the police said the people had been taken in for questioning "on suspicion of breaking copyright law or abetting the breaking of copyright law".

A statement on ThePirateBay.org website questioned the reason behind the police action.

"The necessity for securing technical evidence for the existance (sic) of a web-service which is fully official, the legality of which has been under public debate for years and whose principals are public persons giving regular press interviews, could not be explained," said the statement.

"Asked for other reasoning behind the choice to take down a site, without knowing wether (sic) it is illegal or not, the officers explained that this is normal."

It said it planned to up and running again within a few days.


Source: Police close major BitTorrent site


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