Pirate Bay buyer faces setbacks 海盗湾网站买家遭遇资金阻碍_财经新闻

Pirate Bay buyer faces setbacks 海盗湾网站买家遭遇资金阻碍

文章来源：未知文章作者：meng 发布时间：2009-09-19 02:52 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The sale of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been hit by a further setback¹ after its potential buyer was served with a bankruptcy² petition.

文件共享网站The Pirate Bay的销售遭遇到更大的挫折，其有意的买家提出破产申请。

No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers

The document was filed with a Swedish court by a creditor³（债权人） of Global Gaming Factory (GGF), which outlined plans to buy the site in June.

The creditor - Advatar Systems - is claiming more than 1.3m kronor (£116,000) in unpaid⁴ debts.

It is the latest in a long series of hold-ups which have stalled the sale.

Trading in GGF's shares were suspended in August after an investigation⁵ was launched into financial irregularities.

The firm was also kicked off the Swedish Aktietorget exchange in September after regulators concluded that it had misled with its claims of buying The Pirate Bay.

Its shares are now traded on the smaller Mangold exchange.

In June this year, the firm announced that it would pay 60m kronor (£5.4m) to take over the site.

The Pirate Bay is the world's most high-profile file-sharing website and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyright organisation⁶ Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals.

Millions of files are exchanged using the service every day.

No copyright content is hosted on The Pirate Bay's web servers; instead the site hosts "torrent⁷" links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.

In April the site's founders⁸ were found guilty of breaking copyright law and were sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay $4.5m (£2.8m) in damages to a coalition⁹（结合，联合） of media firms.

However, the site has remained open, prompting a series of further lawsuits¹⁰ and calls to have the site closed or blocked.

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1 setback
n.退步，挫折，挫败
参考例句：
Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。 She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

2 bankruptcy
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。 His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

3 creditor
n.债仅人，债主，贷方
参考例句：
The boss assigned his car to his creditor.那工头把自己的小汽车让与了债权人。 I had to run away from my creditor whom I made a usurious loan.我借了高利贷不得不四处躲债。

4 unpaid
adj.未付款的，无报酬的
参考例句：
Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。 He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

5 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 organisation
n.组织，安排，团体，有机休
参考例句：
The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。 His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

7 torrent
n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发
参考例句：
The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。 Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。

8 founders
n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。来自辞典例句 The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。来自辞典例句

9 coalition
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。 Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

10 lawsuits
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。来自辞典例句 I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。来自辞典例句

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