ORG vs The Pirate Bay : Copyright Alliance calls the PIR Registry “hypocritical”

The Pirate Bay uses ccTLD domains.

The Pirate Bay used ccTLD domains.

The Pirate Bay, a long term host of torrent links to content that, for the most part, violates many a copyright, has returned to its domain roots.

After a journey that took the pirate organization’s domain through a series of ccTLD domains, including dot .SE, it’s back to .ORG.

ThePirateBay.org is the current, active home for The Pirate Bay, and the Copyright Alliance is livid.

MPAA, RIAA and other prominent content publishers are calling out the PIR Registry, managers of the .ORG domain, “hypocritical.”

According to Torrentfreak, Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid urges the organization to suspend the site’s .ORG domain.

“It is shocking that a domain name registry in the United States – one that is dedicated to ‘the public interest’ – is allowing a blatantly illegal site to have a home on the .org domain”

But is the ire of the Copyright Alliance justified?

PIR’s policy describes that their abuse policy doesn’t apply to copyright infringement issues, and points to ICANN’s due process for resolving such issues instead.

Who will win?

For the full coverage on the Copyright Alliance vs PIR debacle,  click here.

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