The guys at The Pirate Bay do enjoy sticking their thumbs into the eyes of authority. Intellectual property? They say, “no hablamos law.” (A mangled Swedish translation probably would’ve been a better fit.)

And considering the inherent unruliness of the very successful video game franchise Grand Theft Auto, which will be celebrating the launch of the fourth installment in the series in just a few days, TPB of course find it their customary duty to play the jokester. According to Michael McWhertor of Kotaku, they have temporarily replaced their logo with the title “Liberty Bay."

The rip doesn’t end there, however. Just a name swap wouldn’t do. Users of TPB have already taken the liberty (pun very much intended) to link cracked versions of GTA IV onto the lists of torrents. Given Rockstar Games’ intention to make a record profit in the game’s first week of release, the company must be none too happy with this revelation.

Alas, today such activity comes with the territory, unfortunately. Copyright haters revolt against copyright holders, creating an environment for copyright indifference to thrive. And so the cycle goes, with all parties strewn with mud. No changes proposed to existing laws. No changes in the behavior of hackers and consumers. Round and round we turn. Where this ends, nobody knows.