[Infowarrior] - How's this for IP Irony?

[Richard Forno]

Anti-Piracy Organization Domain IFPI.com Now Owned by The Pirate Bay
Written by Ernesto on October 12, 2007

http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-now-owned-by-the-piratebay-071012/

IFPI.com, the domain that used to belong to The International Federation of
the Phonographic Industry or (IFPI) - an infamous anti-piracy organization -
is mysteriously transferred to The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay team says it
will use the domain to host the newly founded International Federation of
Pirate Interests.

It¹s beginning to look like the IFPI will be the next MediaDefender. Earlier
this week we already posted about leaked email correspondence between a
lawyer and the IFPI, in which they discussed requesting confidential
information from the Swedish police on an ongoing police investigation
involving The Pirate Bay.

Apparently they had plans to use this information to take on the popular
BitTorrent site, but it seems that plans like that always backfire.

The main domain of the IFPI - ifpi.org - is still working, but when people
try to access ifpi.com they are redirected to a Pirate Bay server, showing
the text: ³International Federation of Pirate Interests.²

We contacted Brokep, one of the administrators of The Pirate Bay, and he
told TorrentFreak: ³International Federation of Pirate Interests (IFPI) is
the new international federation we¹re starting in order to get the word of
piracy spread.²

The WHOIS info clearly shows that ifpi.com - the domain that used to be
registered to the IFPI - is now registered to Brokep. We asked him if The
Pirate Bay is responsible for the domain hack, and he told us: ³It¹s not a
hack, someone just gave us the domain name. We have no idea how they got it,
but it¹s ours and we¹re keeping it.²

I¹m sure most people will agree that the domain will be in better hands with
the The Pirate Bay team. Stay tuned for more IFPI news!

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