April 30, 2009 The Pirate GooglePosted: 09:27 AM ET
![]() The Pirate Bay defendants may have been unsuccessful when they tried to compare their site to Google before a judge, but that didn't stop one anonymous web designer from launching The Pirate Google, a Google search gateway which tries to make the point that digital files can be accessed through Google as well. Ars Technica scored an interview with the mysterious coder and he (or she) explained the site's intention.
While The Pirate Google doesn't add any additional search functionality, it clearly demonstrates Google's ability to satisfy a searcher's thirst for torrents, both legal and otherwise. A short mission statement on the fledgling site's homepage reads:
Does the Pirate Google further the Pirate Bay's cause or is it simply rehashing an already failed argument? Will Google be the next victim in the entertainment industry's fight against the Internet? Posted by: Wes Finley-Price -- CNN.com Webmaster |
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