as part of their recent legal settlement, warner brothers is purchasing the pirate bay for thirteen billion dollars. all legal disputes will be forever waved and the pirate bay will continue to operate independent of their new owners. in other words, pirates win! the official press release is available for download from the pirate bay here or you can read about at torrent freak here. oh, and happy april fools!

press release from the pirate bay
torrent freak article