US shuts down file-sharing sites
30-11-2010, 07:35
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US shuts down file-sharing sites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11863288
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More than 70 sites alleged to be selling counterfeit goods or offering pirated content have been shut down by the US government.
The action was taken by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, part of the US Department of Homeland Security.
Domains seized included a BitTorrent search engine, music download sites and shops selling fake designer clothing.
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Getting serious!
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The action comes as the UK's Serious and Organised Crime Agency seeks similar powers over .uk domains it deems are involved in criminal activity.
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30-11-2010, 15:37
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
I thought file sharers would be all over this? 
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30-11-2010, 15:45
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
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I thought file sharers would be all over this? |
nah the big ones are still up
these are the only names i can find that have been closed down ,never heard of any of them .I think the big ones are based in europe Bt junkie,pirate bay ect
onsmash.com, rapgodfathers.com, torrent-finder.com, and dajaz1.com.
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30-11-2010, 15:59
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
....is a bit torrent search engine illegal??
wish they would shut down all the online pharmacy`s email traffic would half overnight
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30-11-2010, 16:05
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
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....is a bit torrent search engine illegal??
wish they would shut down all the online pharmacy`s email traffic would half overnight
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don't think it is no ,if it was then google would also have to be shut down
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30-11-2010, 16:46
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
I would imagine this would only effect people who upload to these sites. I think that if people have posted a link to material on one of these forums then they could be in trouble but I don't think people who have downloaded from the links posted will have left any information ip address etc.
I think that is right but I may be wrong.
What it does show though is that there is an increased effort to take these sites off the web.
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30-11-2010, 18:18
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
not going to stop them is it
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Many of the sites who lost their domains have continued trading via alternative addresses.
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like this one
http://torrent-finder.info/
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30-11-2010, 20:26
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
So if the UK plod do start to take down UK sites eventually it won't matter?
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
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So if the UK plod do start to take down UK sites eventually it won't matter? |
I doubt it ,they will just spring up somewhere else .Look at the pirate bay fiasco ,the men behind it got a year in jail and fined but the site is still going ,absolutely nothing was achieved
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01-12-2010, 12:08
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
All they are doing is taking over the domains and redirecting the DNS. Not touching the servers or the site itself. They can use domains not controlled by either the UK or US governments and be fine.
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01-12-2010, 14:55
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
I thought I had seen a story which says that they have siezed the server, might be wrong though
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01-12-2010, 17:31
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
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I thought I had seen a story which says that they have siezed the server, might be wrong though
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sorry you made a mistake.
http://www.godaddy.com/default.aspx
is the server of http://torrent-finder.info/
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01-12-2010, 17:38
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
If you want to know any real info about this or any other file sharing story there is a great site for all that kind of news (which includes a full list of the sites closed down). Personally I had not heard of a single one before.
http://torrentfreak.com/us-governmen...estion-101129/
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01-12-2010, 17:48
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Re: US shuts down file-sharing sites
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If you want to know any real info about this or any other file sharing story there is a great site for all that kind of news (which includes a full list of the sites closed down). Personally I had not heard of a single one before.
http://torrentfreak.com/us-governmen...estion-101129/ |
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Torrent-Finder is not a typical torrent site where one can download torrent files. It’s merely a meta-search engine that redirects users to other sites. The site simply displays a search box and has no browsable archive. The site is not encouraging or even facilitating copyright infringement any more than other search engines such as Google.
So the question that we’d like to see answered is what the grounds were to seize Torrent-Finder? Could it have been a mistake? Or perhaps a test?
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cheers for that Slyone ,it would appear that the DOJ may be overstepping it's bounds in shutting down the Torrent finder website .It is not a torrent site
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