An official injunction has forced Pirate Bay to temporarily take its controversial file sharing site offline.
The injunction – which was obtained by a number of Hollywood studios – reportedly threatened the site’s provider (CyberBunker operator CB3ROB) with “huge” fines.
“The injunction, which was granted without an oral hearing, stated that CB3ROB and Managing Director Sven Olaf Kamphuis were now prohibited from connecting The Pirate Bay website and its servers to the Internet,” wrote Ernesto of Torrent Freak.
“Yesterday Kamphuis officially confirmed receiving the injunction and has decided to stop routing The Pirate Bay’s traffic until his lawyers have carefully read and reviewed the legal documents.
