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Pirate Bay shut down after police raid in Sweden

The Pirate Bay, one of the most notorious file-sharing sites on the Web, has been shut down after police raided a data center in Stockholm, Sweden.

In a statement to Reuters, police said a copyright infringement complaint prompted the raid. Anti-piracy group the Rights Alliance confirmed on Tuesday that they were the ones who made the criminal complaint.

“Pirate Bay is an illegal commercial service that makes considerable earnings by infringing the works of others,” Alliance’s Sara Lindbäck said in a statement on its website. “The infringements affect all creators and it also hinders the growth of the legal services.”

According to CNN, it was the 88th most popular site in the world, with 40 million users at the time it was shut down. It has been a popular destination for sharing pirated movies, most recently including the victims of Sony’s hacking attack. According to reports, both Fury and Annie were among the site’s Top 100 downloaded films before it was shut down.