Pirate Bay took the fall today when the man put them on ice. Er, that is, Bit Torrents just took a big hit as one of the premier distributors of free illegal software has been forced to close its site.

“In the morning of 2006-05-31 the Swedish National Criminal Police showed a search warrant to Rix|Port80 personnell. The warrant was valid for all datacentres of Rix|Port80 and was directed at The Pirate Bay. The allegation was breach of copy-right law, alternatively assisting breach of copy-right law. “ – PirateBay.org