In an interview with P2P.net, Pirate Bay says that yesterdays raid will not cause a permanent shut down of their site. Furthermore, the intend to be up and running in about a week, if they have their way. As I reported yesterday, the Swedish police had performed a raid and seizure of equipment, presumably on behalf of the MPAA, for suspected copyright violations. Here's an excerpt:

Q: What exactly happened yesterday?
A: We still don't know too much, it is all very chaotic. We still haven't had the chance to see the warrant, so we don't exactly know what they were looking for. We know from AntiPiratByr�n (the Swedish anti-piracy organization) that the warrant was issued towards the whole provider PRQ. Also not only about 160 servers but also networking equipment was taken.

Q: That means that also other websites were affected?
A: Yes. The Magazine S�kerhet&Sekretess has issued a first list and asks everybody who is affected to notify them, as they are planning a big article on it. Dagens Industri, a rather large magazine in Sweden says there were about 200 customers who have become "innocent victims". The fact that so many innocent websites, also the political organisation "Piratbyr�n" have been taken down is much more serious for us than the temporary downtime of The Pirate Bay

Q: Some people were also arrested. What are they being charged with?
A: Three crew members were arrested and questioned, though they were released again yesterday. They are being charged with copyright infringement. This could change, though. We suspect that AntiPiratByr�n mislead the police, accusing ThePirateBay actually offering Warez on the servers.

Another interesting links: Aftermath of The Pirate Raids @ Slyck, Forbes: PirateBay Raid Won't Stop Piracy.