One of the bigger stories this year was the shut down of file-sharing service The Pirate Bay and from all accounts, as 2014 comes to a close, its future is best described as one in limbo.

Swedish police raided The Pirate Bay on Dec. 9, grabbing servers and effectively shuttering the service, though reports claimed it would resurrect via cloud-based systems. Shortly after the raid a number of copycat sites popped up.

In recent postings administrators of The Pirate Bay discussed the future of the file-sharing service.

"We were not surprised by the raid. That is something that is a part of this game. We couldn't care less, really," said an administrator for the service who goes by the screen name of Mr 10100100000. "We have, however, taken this opportunity to give ourselves a break. How long are we supposed to keep going? To what end? We were a bit curious to see how the public would react."

The Pirate Bay has been copied a number of times by others not associated with The Pirate Bay. One of these copies was developed by Isohunt, and appears to have a number of working links from The Pirate Bay database. While the closure of The Pirate Bay has enabled copycats to do their thing, it has also opened a window of opportunity for scammers claiming to be the new Pirate Bay.

"Of course there is a problem if sites like [thepiratebay].ee try to scam people. But overall, we'd love to see a thousand Pirate Bays," continued Mr 10100100000.

"The people behind TPB are like one big collective mind," said Mr 10100100000. "There are no leaders, nor anyone in charge. About 30 to 50 people from all over the world pitch their ideas against each other and whatever comes out of that is what will be the fate of TPB."

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