3. How has the music industry reacted to the problems created by pirates like TPB?

The Pirate Bay (TPB) has been one of the world’s best-known and most popular pirated music and content sites for over a decade, offering free access to millions of copyrighted songs and thousands of copyrighted Hollywood movies, television shows, and video games. This despite the fact that TPB has been subjected to repeated legal efforts to shut it down. In fact, the authorities pursuing TPB must feel as if they are engaged in a never-ending game of Whack-a-mole, as each time they “whack” TPB, it somehow manages to reappear. But the battle is far from over, and for the first time, it appears possible that the “good guys” are actually winning. The Internet is becoming a tough place for music and video pirates to make a living in part because of enforcement actions, but more importantly because of new mobile and wireless technologies that enable high-quality content to be streamed for just a small fee.