KickassTorrents Taken Down By Domain Name Seizure

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KickassTorrents Taken Down By Domain Name Seizure

By Ernesto
on February 9, 2015
C: 235

Breaking

KickassTorrents has lost access to its Kickass.so domain name and is currently offline.


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The Somalian domain of the most-visited torrent site on the Internet is now listed as "banned" by the .SO registry, forcing the site's operators to find a new home.

kickasstorrents_500x500With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) is one the most used torrent sites on the Internet.

The site’s popularity has made it a prime target for copyright holders, many of whom would like to see the site taken offline.

To evade law enforcement and ease pressure from the entertainment industries, KAT has moved domain on a few occasions over the past several years. Most recently the site has been operating from the Kickass.so domain.

The Somalian .so TLD appeared to be a relatively safe haven, but today it’s apparent that this isn’t the case. About an hour ago the Kickass.so domain status listing was updated to “banned.”

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As a result of the domain seizure, users can no longer access the site. The Kickass.so domain name is not resolving and at the time of writing neither are older alternatives such as kickass.to.

Kickass.so was seized by the .SO registry who also blacklisted the scam site kickasstorrents.so, which is not affiliated with the KAT team. It is likely that the registry acted following a complaint from copyright holders although this hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.

Previously The Pirate Bay lost several of its domain names, including thepiratebay.ac and and thepiratebay.sx, after similar complaints.

TF asked the .So registry for a comment on the situation but we have yet to receive a reply.

While KickassTorrents is down for the moment, it is expected that the site will move its operation to a new domain name later today, or revert back to Kickass.to.

Update: The KAT team informed TF that they are reverting back to Kickass.to.

Update: The site’s accessible to most people on the .to domain now.

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Breaking story, we’ll update the article if more information comes in.

[DJR210]

Yeah, I tried to get on last night and got the error page.. TPB is back up too, supposedly has all the original torrents too. Kickass was actually pretty good, glad I stocked up on games to hold me over to the next domain.

[mouse]

Pirate bay is back but an article is saying its not a full comeback


https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-wont-make-a-full-comeback-staff-revolt-150127/


Pirate Bay Won’t Make A Full Comeback, Staff Revolt


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By Ernesto
on January 27, 2015
C: 336

Breaking

According to insiders The Pirate Bay will slim down its operations for the planned comeback. The new version of the site is expected to operate without former admins and moderators, who have responded furiously to the decision. Many key staffers have left the ship to launch their own TPB.

pirate bayJudging from all the teasers on the Pirate Bay homepage the notorious torrent site is preparing to relaunch this weekend.

Those in control of the domain have yet to make an official announcement but several sources inform TF that the site won’t make a full comeback.

Instead, The Pirate Bay is expected to launch a trimmed down version without room for the dozens of moderators and admins who looked after the site over the past decade.

This lighter version of The Pirate Bay will be easier to operate but the plan has also upset many former staffers. This includes people who have been with the site for over a decade, removing fake torrents and other types of spam.

Several admins and moderators have responded to the news with anger and are now openly distancing themselves from the thepiratebay.se site that was their home for years.

“I wish I had better news to come with. The launch that is about to take place on February 1 is not us,” says WTC-SWE, one of the lead admins of The Pirate Bay.

“It was until some dickhead decided to take TPB crew out of the picture. He thinks a site can be run without any staff at all and at the same time keeping up with fakes, internal issues etc,” he adds.

What stings them the most is that many dedicated individuals, who put countless hours into keeping the site functioning, now appear to be being pushed aside on a whim.

“Personally I won’t accept this neither will any of the crew that’s been active for almost 10-11 years. As an admin and human, I won’t stand aside and accept this kind of behavior. This is the worst scenario that could happen,” WTC-SWE says.

“You don’t treat people like horseshit,” he adds.

The staff, now in open revolt, have closed the official #thepiratebay IRC channel on EFnet to the public. They won’t offer support anymore for a site that they have no ‘control’ over, but warn people who do want to visit it to be cautious of malware.

Instead, the TPB former crew members are now preparing to launch their own version of the site. This spin-off will be operated from a new domain and will have several long-time mods and admins on board.

WTC-SWE says that they are in possession of a TPB backup which will be used to revive the old site in full. The full staff of moderators and admins remains under his wings and will start over at a home.

“It’s only a matter of time. I will need to blast the whole coding and clean up all the mess. The real TPB will be back with proper staff and all,” WTC-SWE says.

Thus far, the people running the official thepiratebay.se domain have remained quiet. In a few days, when the count-down completes, we are likely to know more about their vision for the site’s future.

To be continued…

[DeadlyDynasty]

eztv's been a no-go for awhile too. TPB is a little top-heavy on the porn so I've been going with Extra lately (shitty, but what can you do)

[lefty]

KAT is back up by the way

[Strange Love]

eztv's been a no-go for awhile too. TPB is a little top-heavy on the porn so I've been going with Extra lately (shitty, but what can you do)

I will help you out.

There is a backdoor way into eztv and here's how you enter it..

https://eztv-proxy.net/

About as easy as that. Just add -proxy and .net

[DJR210]

^ He gets copyright infringement letters mailed from his ISP..he knows what he's talking about

[Strange Love]

^ He gets copyright infringement letters mailed from his ISP..he knows what he's talking about

And your point is? Its another way to get into the site and download the same torrent you would otherwise download from.

[DJR210]

And your point is? Its another way to get into the site and download the same torrent you would otherwise download from.

Shhh..the feds are onto you.

[Strange Love]

Shhh..the feds are onto you.

That's all you got? Weak sauce.

[DJR210]

What domain is .to, anyway?

[mouse]

One day file sharing will be looked backed upon the same way we look today at bouncing a check

[MI21]

Torrentday, tbh

[SupremeGuy]

One day file sharing will be looked backed upon the same way we look today at bouncing a checkhttp://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1290449/picard-facepalm-o.gif