Largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu taken down

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Largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu taken down

Post by cronus » Tue May 27, 2014 9:38 am

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 35167.html

Largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu taken down by UK anti-piracy police

The internet’s largest torrent search engine, Torrentz.eu, has been taken down in the latest attempt by UK police to curb illegal file sharing.

The site’s domain was suspended by the registrar of its domain after a request from the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit.

Police have been sending warning letters to the sites for some time. It made a fresh round of requests last week, including to the registrar of Torrentz.eu, and the site was taken down from this morning.

A similar site, FileCrop, has also been taken down, and others may follow. Torrentfreak, a website close to the community, reports that several allegedly infringing sites were contacted before the weekend.

Many competitors have also been taken offline recently. Two of Torrentz.eu’s most significant peers — isoHunt and The Pirate Bay — have been taken down completely or blocked in many countries.

Torrentz.eu acts as a search engine for torrents rather than storing the files itself, making the move unusual among police shutdowns. The site receives millions of visitors a day and is thought to be one of the largest torrent sites on the internet.

(continued, not bothered with this in years - must be shieting themselves any who got cut off midstream....) :nono:
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Re: Largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu taken down

Post by PsychoSerenity » Tue May 27, 2014 10:07 am

I've just checked. If they did take it down, it's up again already. :tea:
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Re: Largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu taken down

Post by pErvinalia » Tue May 27, 2014 10:40 am

I tried to access it earlier tonight for "research" purposes *cough* and found it down. Had to rely on one of the other bazillion torrent sites to do my "research" *cough*.
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Re: Largest torrent search engine Torrentz.eu taken down

Post by JimC » Wed May 28, 2014 1:29 am

Somewhat Hydra-like, sites like this...
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