The Pirate Bay is a file-sharing website that provides access to millions of music, movies, TV shows and other media, usually downloaded illegally. The site has been blocked in many countries. One way people have bypassed this blocking is by using a VPN (virtual private network). This allows them to change their IP address so that it appears as though they are located in another country. Another way is by using mirror sites : new url new url for the pirate bay , sites hosted on servers that are similar to those used by the original website.