Andrej Preston (born 1986), also known under the

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(meaning "little elephant" in Slovene), is the founder of the former

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site Suprnova.org.Jani Sever
Slovenian Pirate
, ''Vest'', August 25, 2007. Accessed November 7, 2008. The Slovenian publication ''

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'' revealed in November 2004 that he was 18 years old and a student at the Waldorf High School in

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. 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.Michael Ingram
SuprNova.org: The Story of a Legend
, ''Slyck News'', May 7, 2006. Accessed November 7, 2008. In October 2005, the prosecutor announced that no charges would be filed and the computers were returned. Andrej Preston had given the

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suprnova.org to

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. The Pirate Bay had relaunched it as of August 21, 2007. On August 25, 2007, he moved to

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, where he is visiting

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. 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. From 2011 onwards, he produces videos for his United States–based

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channel ''The Infographics Show'', where he discusses about history and current events.

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* – Andrej Preston's blog describing his experience after he moved to the United States 1986 births Living people Waldorf school alumni Slovenian Internet celebrities Slovenian expatriates in the United States BitTorrent People from Ljubljana People from San Francisco Academy of Art University alumni {{Slovenia-bio-stub