Twenty years ago today, dozens of Swedish police officers stormed a Stockholm data center, seizing The Pirate Bay's servers. The entertainment industry hoped the raid would finish the site for good. Instead, the police action inadvertently helped to create one of the most resilient and iconic websites on the Internet, one that remains online today.
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Twenty years ago today, dozens of Swedish police officers stormed a Stockholm data center, seizing The Pirate Bay’s servers.

The entertainment industry hoped the raid would finish the site for good.

Instead, the police action inadvertently helped to create one of the most resilient and iconic websites on the Internet, one that remains online today.