The Pirate Bay's new logo sends a loud message to the authorities trying to shut it down
But that hasn't stopped the popular torrent website from fighting back. And its newest logo says just that in not so many words.
For context: Late last year police in Sweden raided the Pirate Bay's servers, and the site has been facing a multitude of lawsuits aiming to shut down its sites. While things have been quieting down, numerous authorities have continued in their attempt to shut down the file sharing site once and for all.
Today the site was dealt a major blow: The Stockholm District Court ordered that its hallmark .se domains be taken down, reports TorrentFreak. To many, the domains PirateBay.se and ThePirateBay.se were the primary portal for Pirate Bay access.
Though the domains may have died, the website has reportedly unveiled a new logo showing that it will not give up fighting. The Pirate Bay's old logo was merely an ominous looking pirate ship with its name proudly written below. This new image, which surfaced on Reddit earlier today, has a similar pirate ship-like design, but emerging from behind the ship is a hydra with domain suffixes hovering over each hydra head.
And these new domains are indeed up and running, according to TorrentFreak.
This new image easily be interpreted as a message to the authorities that they can shut down one domain, but that will only cause numerous new domains will only spring up.
While the website may still have a long trudge ahead and face numerous (perhaps endless) legal fights, at least the Pirate Bay's artistic director is feeling optimistic.