The Pirate Bay Says Downloading Actual Products Is NextS

Any moron can download a movie or album—but torrenting a new pair of jeans? That's the future right there. At least according to Swedish anti-copyright royalty The Pirate Bay, which declared physical objects to be their next bounty.

Or, "physible," as they're calling it for some reason. But nevermind that. The Pirate Bay is committed to a (rather lofty) vision of the future:


Is this sci-fi talk? For now, yeah. Even the recently awesome MakerBot can only replicate things in two colors. Made out of plastic. That's a pretty far cry from downloading my sneakers, an exponentially more complex "physible" (ugh, that term). Still, it's nice to know that TPB has its eyes on what we'll be stealing next—if there's anyone brazen enough to make it happen, it's those Swedes. One thing I don't buy, however, is this humanitarian spin:


The Pirate Bay: the premiere destination for Transformer 3 DVD rips and child free food for the planet's population. [Pirate Bay via ExtremeTech]