http://thepiratebay.org/

2005-06-02 10:00:00 GMT - The Pirate Bay

Today a new version was launched by The Pirate Bay, the world's largest BitTorrent tracker and one of Sweden's largest web sites. With revolutionary code and layout, the new Pirate Bay is considerably faster and more user friendly than the earlier version. Furthermore, the site has been internationalized and now features support for ten languages in addition to English.

- The user friendliness and new functionalities of The Pirate Bay 2.0 will introduce the BitTorrent protocol to the wide public. Contrary to the large media corporations, we regard the diffusion of new technologies to as many people as possible as an important duty, says Fredrik Neij of The Pirate Bay.

Aside from the new code and layout, The Pirate Bay has undergone an extensive internationalization. The site features support for ten languages in addition to English and our translators are continually working on more. Users from any of the eleven language communities will automatically get the official language of their country as preset standard.

- Today the development often moves faster in technology than in the cultural realm. But neither language barriers nor the copyright industry's war on technology should impede people from partaking in new technologies and cultures, says anakata of The Pirate Bay.

Furthermore, a new system of categories will make searching easier and more effective. In the near future this will imply more options for subscribers to the tracker's RSS flows. And The Pirate Bay team of developers are constantly working on new functionalities to improve the lives of users all over the world.