Elite Torrents Shut Down

[CominAtcha]

Buggeration!!!

http://elitetorrents.org/

[Lighty]

Have you had any confirmation of this like some news or somefink or do you mean coz the link is dead?
If its true its a sad day for torrents

[CominAtcha]

Am reading TB's forums at the mo. Opinion is divided, but the huge FBI warning -



THIS SITE





HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN BY
THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT



Individuals involved in the operation and use of
the Elite Torrents network are under investigation
for criminal copyright infringement







It is unlawful to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material, such as movies, music,
software or games, without authorization - even when done for free over the Internet.
Individuals who willfully distribute or download copyrighted material risk criminal
prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 2319. First-time offenders convicted of criminal felony
copyright laws will face up to five years in federal prison, restitution, forfeiture and a fine.

I don't like. Guess time will tell......

[CominAtcha]

False alarm!

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=801

[CominAtcha]

Also http://members.ii.net/~chopnet/4518771.htm

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Also http://members.ii.net/~chopnet/4518771.htm

out of date mate this article is 06/05/2005

[CominAtcha]

out of date mate this article is 06/05/2002

lol I do hope you're joking.....?

[digidump]

lol I do hope you're joking.....?

lol

[L4yer Cak3]

lmao

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You Dont Fcuk with Lucas

U.S. shuts down network that leaked 'Star Wars'
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...TARWARS-DC.XML

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcers said on Wednesday that they have shut down a computer network that distributed illegal copies of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" before it appeared in movie theaters.

Federal agents executed 10 search warrants and seized the main server computer in a network that allowed people to download nearly 18,000 movies and software programs, including many current releases, the FBI and Homeland Security Department said.

The Elite Torrents network, found online at www.elitetorrents.org, relied on a technology called BitTorrent that allows users to quickly download digital movies and other large files by copying them from many computers at once.

The network signed up 133,000 members who collectively downloaded 2.1 million files, according to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Homeland Security Department.

Visitors to the Web site on Wednesday saw a notice that read, "This site has been permanently shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement."

The raid targeted administrators of the network and those who provided movies and other copyrighted material. Similar cases in the past have found that such "first providers" are typically entertainment-industry insiders, rather than outside hackers.

Agents executed search warrants in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. No arrests have been made, but the investigation continues, ICE spokeswoman Jamie Zuieback said.

Elite Torrents offered a "virtually unlimited" selection of material, ICE said. The latest Star Wars movie was available on the network more than six hours before it was first shown in theaters, and within 24 hours it was copied more than 10,000 times.

The Motion Picture Association, an industry group, helped with the investigation, ICE said. Movie studios are trying to avoid the fate of the music industry, which claims it has lost hundreds of millions of dollars worth of sales due to online file sharing.

Digital movies are about 50 times larger than music files, which makes them more cumbersome to download. New technologies like BitTorrent, however, and increased high-speed Internet use are closing the gap.

The MPAA has managed to shut down at least five BitTorrent networks through lawsuits and has also sued individuals who use them.

BitTorrent networks have caused headaches for software makers as well. Apple Computer Inc has sued three men for posting the latest version of its OS X operating system on a BitTorrent site six months before it was commercially released.

[CominAtcha]

Yeah, turned out to be true after all. No doubt a replacement will pop up.....

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thepiratebay.org - > check out the legal page

[CBo]

It does seem they are coming down really hard on filesharing systems these days. Properly best to move to ftps and newsgroups now. They may think closing that one will solve the problem but as ever another one and another way will spring out from the horizon.

[Andy]

thepiratebay.org - > check out the legal page

rofl! awesome responses

[Sir Crapalot]

piratebays quite good,