The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has declared it "feels good" the site may have been shut down forever as a result of Tuesday's police raid in Sweden.

In a post on his blog, Copy me happy

Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde is happy about the site's demise. Credit:Flickr/shareconference

"I've not been a fan of what TPB has become," he wrote.

Mr Sunde said the site had become "ugly" and "full of bugs, old code and old design", and a repository for "distasteful" ads.