Hollywood (MPAA) Owns > Suprnova

[kingthebadger]

Some most popular web servers that publish lists of movies, TV shows and other free downloads suddenly went dark Monday, after Hollywood sued operators for copyright infringement.

Last week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), led by most famous Hollywood movie studios, launched a series of worldwide legal actions, aimed to people who run the infrastructure for BitTorrent networks being used to distribute movies and other copyrighted materials without permission.

BitTorrent, a computer program designed to distribute large files efficiently, has grown quickly in popularity this year, and now accounts for more than a third of all traffic on the Internet, according to network monitoring company Cachelogic. Much of this traffic was dedicated to full-length, high-quality movies and software.

The MPAA's actions have put pressure on a short list of large Web sites that had served as hubs for the BitTorrent community. Many of those sites have now vanished almost overnight, including the ************* site that was by far the most popular gathering point for the community, serving more than a million people a day.

A statement post on the SuprNova site read, "We do not know if SuprNova is going to return, but it is certainly not going to be hosting any more torrent links," and "we are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything."

Another site that carried BitTorrent links, N4p.com, said it had shut down due to a civil complaint that cited the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.Sites such as Torrentbits.org and Phoenix-torrents.com also shut down.

The disappearance of the big sites is unlikely to eliminate BitTorrent swapping altogether, but it does bring to a close an era of operating in the open without fear of legal reprisals. The resulting shift to the underground will likely make files harder to find, as traders move onto private networks or smaller communities, technology news magazine CNET reported.

The fallout marks a substantial victory for the MPAA and its allies, which have waited for years as sites such as SuprNova openly set up shop as file-swapping indexes. Such locales became convenient if not indispensable destinations for millions of people seeking one-click down loads of TV shows, movies, games andmusic.

wasnt because they coudlnt afford to host the files...

 

[BillyJoBob]

Good, im glad they got shut down.

 

[Tr0n]

Good, im glad they got shut down.

Why is that? :|

 

[Reaktor4]

now accounts for more than a third of all traffic on the Internet

:rolling:

 

[Burn]

Your late, theres a topic on this allready.

 

[Ikerous]

Good thing there are twenty more sites just like it ^_^
:: Downloaded a movie via bt last night::

 

[kingthebadger]

Your late, theres a topic on this allready.

yea but they didnt give the full story

 

[f|uke]

P2P is no way to download movies anyways. MPAA can just share the file themselves and get your IP. Thats why people end up getting letters in the mail from their ISP requesting cease of illegal use.

Who needs that.

Newsgroups, baby.

 

[Reaktor4]

P2P is no way to download movies anyways. MPAA can just share the file themselves and get your IP. Thats why people end up getting letters in the mail from their ISP requesting cease of illegal use.

Who needs that.

Newsgroups, baby.

there are a lot of disadvantages to newsgroups though

 

[Gorgon]

Good, im glad they got shut down.

get lost you twat :|

 

[BillyJoBob]

get lost you twat :|

Ouch, Stop it.