The site reported 12 million new visitors to the site with a Pirate Bay insider predicting that "the free advertising" would only increase traffic levels.
The insider told Torrent Freak: "Thanks to the High Court and the fact that the news was on the BBC, we had 12 MILLION more visitors yesterday than we had ever had before,"
"We should write a thank you note to the BPI," he added.
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