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The Pirate Bay Claims 22 Million Peers, Seeks Recognition in Guinness Book of World Records

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Much to the dismay of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of Amercia (RIAA), BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay continues to grow at what might be a record pace. According to the file sharing site, its global user base now sits at 22 million peers strong, up from 8 million just one year ago.

"We would like to thank all the great and persistent uploaders that dedicate time to share," Pirate Bay writes in its blog. "But most of all, we would like to thank you, you and you! For it is all of you out there that makes this site what it is. Together; uploaders, seeders, leechers, mods and admins, we are The Pirate Bay."

Not stopping at a blog post, the file sharing site has applied to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records for its supposed accomplishment. If the number of peers turn out to be real, it would mean that the other legal alternatives -- Hulu, Last.fm, Pandora, and others -- have had little effect on The Pirate Bay.

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avatarIt will be a very VERY long time before. .

The Pirate Bay goes down, they apparently have servers worldwide and even inside countries that despise the U.S. I doubt the U.S government is going to get involved in a political P2P issue.

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avatarThe best BitTorrent site on

The best BitTorrent site on the web, from endless movie downloads, to a whole laundry list of software. The Pirate Bay lives on.

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