Thanks to Petter Nilsson, a candidate of the Swedish TV show Toppkandidaterna (Top candidates), the Piratebay just won over 6000$. Petter Nilsson said earlier that he would donate over 6000$ (20% of the total prize money) to ThePiratebay if he won. The contestants of the show had to pretend they were a politician and convince the public of their ideas. Petter was pro-filesharing, and won.

Petter said:

“So when I donate my money to Pirate Bay, it’s because I also want to be able to download music and movies for myself.”

ThePiratebay is planning to invest the money in a new database (HP DL145 G2, 4 gig RAM, 2 x Optron DualCore 2.2 GHz) and an new search (HP DL145 G2, 4 gig RAM, 1 x Optron DualCore 2.2 GHz) server.

Petter would be a good candidate to lead the Swedish Pirate Party “piratpartiet” and pursue his political aspirations. Good job Petter!