![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This closure is surprising as it has been generally thought that its location in Slovenia would make it invulnerable to the actions of American-based copyright enforcement groups.Īccording to a statement made later on the site by its site's 18 year-old owner, who goes by the nickname Sloncek, and an interview for Slyck, he decided to voluntarily close the links section of the site after the news about arrests of admins of several prominent P2P sites and after receiving legal warnings.Īlthough the forums and the IRC network will remain online, claims that it will no longer hold links to BitTorrent files again.Īt the end of 2004, eXeem, a project to decentralize the BitTorrent link network developed by, reached a beta stage. Linux software) and unauthorised files (e.g. Prior to its closure, based in Slovenia, was generally considered to be the largest BitTorrent link site on the Internet that hosted links to both authorised (e.g. On December 19 two large BitTorrent sites, and closed without providing an explanation, although these have apparently been voluntary decisions by the operators of the sites. "We simply ran of patience," he says.Īt the same time, FinReactor, one of the largest link sites in Finland was raided by the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (Keskusrikospoliisi, KRP) at the request of Finnish copyright organisations. The servers were taken down after a discussion that went nowhere according to Tim Kuik, head of BREIN. Mindlab had previously refused to remove the servers for Releases4u and ShareConnector, arguing that such link sites were legal in the Netherlands. Prior to raids Mindlab clients Releases4u and ShareConnector were the largest link sites for the ed2k network in the Netherlands. Although such a system has been previously thought to be a legal loophole for file sharers, the recent spate of raids by copyright enforcement authorities apparently proves otherwise. Unlike predecessors of P2P applications like Napster, this sharing is not centralised on the servers of link site operators, and no illegal files exist on the servers of link site operators. The raids were initiated by BREIN, a Dutch non-government "copyright oversight organization".īitTorrent link sites distribute torrents, which are computer files with information about a larger, shared file co-ordinated by small servers known as trackers. The reported number of systems seized differs, from 4 ( ) to 11 ( the register). Servers hosting sites and were seized by the police. On December 14, FIOD-ECD, the Dutch economic crimes police, raided the premises of the hosting provider Mindlab. Sites in France, Netherlands, Finland and Slovenia have been affected. ![]() In recent weeks several large European BitTorrent and ed2k link sites have either been closed by the police or have gone offline voluntarily. ![]()
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