Gregoros Homis

Mirror sites of the Pirate Bay are also subjected to persecution by the authorities, on the grounds that they help users to avoid paying for copyrighted material, as they should do. As such, many of them are shut down compulsory and their lifespan isn’t so long.

Typically, these websites operate from countries where the Pirate Bay is not restricted. Nevertheless, many times ISPs decline to offer their service to their users, as they prefer not to take the risk of being involved in legal troubles, or on the grounds of their private service policies.

Thus, it is very difficult to know exactly how long mirror sites last, as there is not much available information in this regard. Still, when blocked, usually creators of mirror sites are able to move their websites to another location, becoming available again in a short time.

As the Pirate Bay’s Facebook page history shows, sites related to thePirateBay have a troubled life cycle. They are blocked, then they reappear, to disappear again and so on.