TPB itself was, as usual, in the mood for mocking the RIAA. Here’s the entire text of today’s message from The Pirate Bay’s blog:
PLZ LEARN: TPB CANT BE SHUT DOWN
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TEH PIRATE BAY IZ AN UNSINKABLE SHIP. IT WILL SAIL TEH INTERWEBS 4 AS LONG AS WE WANTS IT 2. REMEMBR DAT, K THX.
TPB, ONLY IN IT 4 TEH LULZ SINCE 2003
http://mashable.com/2010/05/18/pirate-bay-unsinkable/
As all this was being said, hundreds of USERS were being sued by the RIAA and other anti groups for using TBA.