Andrej Preston
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Andrej Preston (born c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1986), also known under the pseudonym Script error: No such module "Lang". (meaning "little elephant" in Slovene), is the founder of the former BitTorrent site Suprnova.org.[1][2]
The Slovenian publication Mladina revealed in November 2004 that he was 18 years old and a student at the Waldorf High School in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[3] After having shut down Suprnova.org in December 2004, he became the target of a police investigation in early 2005, and his two computers were confiscated.[2][4][5] In October 2005, the prosecutor announced that no charges would be filed and the computers were returned.[5]
Andrej Preston had given the domain name suprnova.org to The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay had relaunched it as of August 21, 2007.[2]
On August 25, 2007, he moved to San Francisco, California,[2] where he is visiting Academy of Art University.Template:Update inline
Three years after donating the suprnova.org domain to The Pirate Bay, Preston retrieved it, in order to make a new website, which should become an online video portal.[6]Template:Update inline
From 2011 onwards, he produces videos for his United States–based YouTube channel The Infographics Show, where he discusses history and current events.[7][8][9][10][11]
References
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- ↑ Michael Ingram, Interview with Sloncek of SuprNova Template:Webarchive, Slyck News, May 11, 2004. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ↑ a b c d Jani Sever, Slovenian Pirate Template:Webarchive, Vest, August 25, 2007. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ↑ Hunting Slovenia's Little Elephant Template:Webarchive, Mladina. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ↑ Thomas Mennecke, Suprnova.org Closes, Slyck News, December 19, 2004. Accessed November 7, 2008.
- ↑ a b Michael Ingram, SuprNova.org: The Story of a Legend Template:Webarchive, Slyck News, May 7, 2006. Accessed November 7, 2008.
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External links
- Template:Webarchive – Andrej Preston's blog describing his experience after he moved to the United States