If you're interested in learning more about The Pirate Bay, the founders and the trial, watch the documentary called TPB AFK (The Pirate Bay : Away From Keyboard) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8
One of the founders of TPB, Peter Sunde started:
* Njalla (https://njal.la/) - a privacy focused domain registration service
* Flattr (https://flattr.com/) - a tipping/micropayment service to support content creators
IIRC it does, but only briefly. He bought advertising space on TPB and it became a controversy. The TPB guys were falsely accused of being right wing extremists for doing business with Carl Lundström.
One of the founders of TPB, Peter Sunde started:
* Njalla (https://njal.la/) - a privacy focused domain registration service
* Flattr (https://flattr.com/) - a tipping/micropayment service to support content creators
* A VPN service - https://ipredator.se/
Another link that you might find interesting, his interview with Vice : https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjpbd/pirate-bay...