The recent closure of popular file sharing website, The Pirate Bay, was supposed to solve all the music industry’s problems, but it turns out their harsh and lonely winter has only just begun.
According to a report released by McAfee security experts, the dissolution of the one-time internet piracy giant has resulted in the creation of similar websites that operate with even more anonymity.
“Pirate Bay is just a redirect site to lead people to sources where they can get media and other files,” McAfee spokesperson Greg Day told PCPro. “Once it was temporally shut down, those people still wanted the torrents so they went elsewhere, and that meant lots of other sites popped up to take advantage.”
Day says the presence of file hosting websites has increased by 300 percent since a Swedish court ruled against The Pirate Bay for their alleged role in copyright infringement, and only proves how difficult it is to control information on the interweb.
Tags: File Sharing, McAfee, The Pirage Bay