The Pirate Bay has sold out, to a Swedish company no one has ever heard of. The acquisition has been confirmed but the future of the site is still mired in confusion. Could this be a Napster moment for the file-sharing community, or could this actually be a good thing?

Things happen fast in the world of peer-to-peer torrent tracking. Just a few days after unveiling The Video Bay, a new streaming video site based on open source video standards, The Pirate Bay had even bigger news to announce this morning: it’s selling out.

Sold Or Sold Out?

The Swedish press broke the news story first, forcing The Pirate Bay to confirm the truth in a blog post earlier today. The Pirate Bay has been bought by Swedish software company, Global Gaming Factory X AB.

The price, a cool $7.7 million, is enough to pay the $3.6 million in fines racked up by the four co-founders of the site in their recent court case, and have enough left over to ensure they never have to work again, or at least be able to walk away from the whole thing better off than when they began.

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The Love Boat Synopsis

The popular late 1970s series The Love Boat stars Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell, Fred Grandy, Ted Lange, and Lauren Tewes as the crew of a romantic cruise ship.

The crew would help its passengers (often composed of famous guest stars) find love and romance whilst on the cruise liner Pacific Princess.

The Love Boat also spawned a more recent series called Love Boat: The Next Wave.

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The Philanthropist Synopsis

The Philanthropist is an action television series produced by NBC that debuted on June 24th 2009.

The Philanthropist follows the story of Teddy Rist (played by James Purefoy) who is a billionaire and a playboy. After the death of his only child and after he rescues a boy in Nigeria he decides to dedicate his life and his wealth to helping others.

The series is loosely based on the real life efforts of billionaire Bobby Sager.

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Weird Science Synopsis

Based on the popular John Hughes film, Weird Science stars John Mallory Asher, Michael Manasseri, and Vanessa Angel.

Asher and Manasseri play computer nerds Gary and Wyatt, who create an artificial woman with magic powers (Angel) using their computer smarts.

In each episode Gary and Wyatt make a wish that results in disastrous consequences.

Watch Weird Science online

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The video streaming sector of online video is already a very crowded place. Lead by YouTube, there are also many other video sharing sites trying to compete. And now The Pirate Bay is preparing to join the battle with a little site it calls The Video Bay.

The Pirate Bay

Whether they’ve used it or not, almost everyone will have heard of The Pirate Bay. It’s not the largest torrent tracker in the world, that honor goes to Mininova, but it is the most notorious. In fact, the people behind the site go out of their way to cause controversy, stoke the fires of file-sharing, and generally try to upset the big media companies currently fighting P2P technology.

The Pirate Bay’s latest innovation is unlikely to change how the site is viewed by people in the industry. Not content with providing one of the wheels in the cog required to share files online over a network, The Pirate Bay now wants to try its hand at video streaming.

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Royal Pains Synopsis

Royal Pains is a drama television series produced by USA Network that debuted on June 4 2009.

Royal Pains follows the story of Dr. Hank Lawson (played by Mark Feuerstein) who gets fired after making a principled decision in the emergency room. His brother invites him to go partying in Hamptons and after Lawson helps a sick woman at the party he becomes a concierge doctor for the Hamptons’ rich and famous.

Royal Pains had the highest rated season premiere on USA Network and was commissioned for 12 episodes.

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Michael Jackson’s death has dominated all areas of the media since Thursday, online video included. The King Of Pop may be no more but his influence on the world continues on.

Michael Jackson died suddenly and unexpectedly on June 25, 2009 after suffering a cardiac arrest. He collapsed at his Los Angeles home, was taken to hospital, and declared dead after paramedics spent an hour trying to resuscitate him.

In The Action

Online video immediately became involved when news channels around the world showed footage of the paramedics arriving at Michael Jackson’s home in L.A. The video looked to have been shot on a cellphone or small video camera by a passer-by. The quality wasn’t great but it provided the first shots on the ground of what was happening.

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