One of the Biggest BitTorrent Sites Just Shut Itself Down...
You can almost smell the fear at this point. Because the FBI didn't just shut MegaUpload down; they've now terrified an entire group of potentially infringing sites. Almost immediately after the raid-and-shutdown of MegaUpload, a number of locker services dramatically changed their file-sharing policies. But some are taking the extreme nuclear option of shutting their services down - entirely, and for good.
That shut-and-shuffle group now includes BTJunkie, which is actually a BitTorrent tracker. Sounds like a totally different type of service, though that may be an unimportant nuance to federal investigators. BTJunkie may not be hosting anything, though it is one of the largest trackers on the planet - or at least, was one of the largest. And that made it a big, fat target, just like Kim Dotcom.
Which leaves the operators with a choice: face a potential raid a-la Dotcom, or walk away with the money and servers you still have. We're not sure what discussions or threats have been happening behind closed doors, but in a discussion with Torrentfreak, BTJunkie indicated that recent actions against MegaUpload and the Pirate Bay guided the decision to jet.
BTJunkie is not alone. In the days following the MegaUpload rip-down, Uploadbox.com voluntarily shut itself down, and Upload.to closed all access to US users. Others, most notably FileSonic, disabled any trading of files between users, while RapidShare stayed put.
More as it develops.
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Visitor
Monday, February 06, 2012Good sign. But we'll see where it leads...
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Visitor
Monday, February 06, 2012good bye internet. it was fun.
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Maxwellian
Monday, February 06, 2012ha ha, dude where's my internet (in 2013)...?
::MW
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jack
Monday, February 06, 2012agreed, make sure you follow SOPA!
FOR OUR FREEDOM!!!
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Visitor
Monday, February 06, 2012"Your right to communicate". Nice euphemism.
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Jack
Monday, February 06, 2012Good bye NET FREEDOM
Please follow SOPA on the net to support the fight on bills that give the power to the governmet to police the net ANY WAY THEY SEE FIT!!!
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