Bolt_Gundam510 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 by ErnestoA little over a year ago, TorrentSpy.com was still the most visited BitTorrent site, but times have changed. After an expensive two year battle with the MPAA, TorrentSpy decided to throw in the towel and the site has now shut down permanently.TorrentSpy is no more, Justin Bunnell, the founder of the site writes: “We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the TorrentSpy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.” The main reason for the shutdown is the ongoing legal battle with the MPAA, which started February 2006. “We now feel compelled to provide the ultimate method of privacy protection for our users - permanent shutdown,” Justin writes.By the end of 2006 TorrentSpy was more popular than any other BitTorrent site, but this changed quickly in August 2007, when a federal judge ordered TorrentSpy to log all user data. The judge ruled that TorrentSpy had to monitor its users in order to create detailed logs of their activities, and hand these over to the MPAA.In a response to this decision - and to ensure the privacy of their users - TorrentSpy decided that it was best to block access to all users from the US. This led to a huge decrease in traffic and revenue.This was not enough for the MPAA, who argued that TorrentSpy had ignored the court decision. The legal battle continued, and this eventually led to a preventative closure of the site by Justin, to protect the privacy of its users.Brokep from The Pirate Bay had this to say about the closure: “Today all big torrent sites are pressured somehow. TPB has its share of pressure, however we expected it and have a legal system that is more just in cases like this. The way that the copyright lobby is going at this is totally wrong and we can’t let them win. And we won’t let them win. Today we reached a loss of a site, but it was more a person having to give up for economical reasons than anything else. The copyright lobby has their big cards - money and influence. In the long run they will have to give up as well. And when they do, I’ll go to the US and buy Justin a well-deserved beer.”At this point it is not clear what will happen to the TorrentSpy.com domain. The domain was offered to other BitTorrent site owners, but has not yet been sold. Source: Torrent Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Man this news really sucks it was a good site which i used during my first days when i had started using Bit-Torrent although it showed all kind of sleazy adds but searching on it was quite impressive.But afterwards i moved on to Mininova and Demonoid but now demonoid is gone too and so too is torrentspy but we have the big brother TPB which now hosts more than a million torrents but what if TPB goes down too i know the owners of TPB are quite good at fighting legal battles they shown it until now and they are not coward like Deimos but hard days are ahead for sure!!!!!!!!!!! :rolleyes: :smoke: :P :D :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaindc Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 i miss much more Demonoid.it was the best place to find rare thing not available anywhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman123 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Enough with the demonoid obsession posts :dance2:But yeah, sucks about torrentspy. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I see nothing wrong with appreciating Demonoid, especially for the rare finds. But It is truly sad about TorrentSpy. Having a good site go down, sets a bad precedence for other sites, and perhaps gives a concerning boost to the big business attackers. I am quite sure that regardless of if things get harder in the near term or not.... technology, human creativity, and freedom will win out in some form that ensures there will always be a way, a place, a solution. And the attackers right now will have lost much more than they are even fighting for at this moment. We will all see soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman123 Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Nothing wrong with appreciating demonoid but really...Every filesharing forum I go to, it has like 10 topics saying "oh I love demonoid so much, I hope it comes back" "I still have faith that the Demon will return" or some other bull crap. It's gone, not coming back. The owner should at least say "okay, it's too much work trying to bring this site back so I'm calling it quits" or some other stuff. 6 months and still no news other than "looking for a host is hard"? lol, Demonoid was an awesome site, but it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumant30 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Nothing wrong with appreciating demonoid but really...Every filesharing forum I go to, it has like 10 topics saying "oh I love demonoid so much, I hope it comes back" "I still have faith that the Demon will return" or some other bull crap. It's gone, not coming back. The owner should at least say "okay, it's too much work trying to bring this site back so I'm calling it quits" or some other stuff. 6 months and still no news other than "looking for a host is hard"? lol, Demonoid was an awesome site, but it's done.Man ur one Optimistic guy i say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) :P :P <_< <_< <_< <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 man this is sad, more and more sites are closing, i hope we get a list of all new ones to replace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbian Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Aye torrentspy was a good site its a shame. Although if the anti filesharing lot think that shutting torrent sites down one by one will stop people sharing they'll be waiting a hell of a long time for it to happen :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman123 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Nothing wrong with appreciating demonoid but really...Every filesharing forum I go to, it has like 10 topics saying "oh I love demonoid so much, I hope it comes back" "I still have faith that the Demon will return" or some other bull crap. It's gone, not coming back. The owner should at least say "okay, it's too much work trying to bring this site back so I'm calling it quits" or some other stuff. 6 months and still no news other than "looking for a host is hard"? lol, Demonoid was an awesome site, but it's done.Man ur one Optimistic guy i say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :welcome: :P :P <_< <_< <_< <_<Well sorry for not having false hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 its always sad to see another good torrent site go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 R.I.P. TorrenSpy... 'll be missed by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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