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Elitetorrents shut down :'(

SkankinMonkey - May 25, 2005

		SkankinMonkey		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( The Department of Homeland Security raided and shut down Elitetorrents today. Yes, bittorrent users are terrorists.

		MasterAkumaMatata		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( Never heard of Elitetorrents before.

		joe81		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( eh just because the gov shut them down doesnt mean they're terrorists

		SkankinMonkey		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( I didn't know the department of homeland security was supposed to enforce copyrights?

		Scared0o0Rabbit		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( DHS has a few agencies under it, including a couple that fit in in this situation as the website was registered in the US but the guy who owns it lives in the netherlands.

SkankinMonkey

May 25, 2005

Elitetorrents shut down :'(

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Scared0o0Rabbit@Wed, 2005-05-25 @ 09:09 PM



DHS has a few agencies under it, including a couple that fit in in this situation as the website was registered in the US but the guy who owns it lives in the netherlands.



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Actually, the server was hosted in netherlands, the owner and a few other site-ops were scattered about America for the most part, though there were some europeans.

		IceDigger		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( usenet is safe

		Scared0o0Rabbit		May 25, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( I really need to just pay for a good usenet service I think =\|

		VertigoXX		May 26, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( It was because they were hosting a torrent file for Star Wars Episode III. No joke, that's how it was reported in The Akron Beacon Journal....

ExCyber

May 26, 2005

Elitetorrents shut down :'(

Yeah, I figured they would use RotS as a big excuse to go after trackers, since Star Wars's massive popularity among the more technically-inclined was bound to lead to staggering "losses" that they could boast about avenging to an eager press. How many people do you suppose downloaded and skimmed the workprint first just to make sure it wasn't total crap before seeing it in the theater, after Episodes 1 and 2? Heh.

	
	
		
		
			usenet is safe

It's not so much "safe" as "not targeted at the moment".

		joe81		May 26, 2005
			Elitetorrents shut down :'( eh i hate the industries that's all i have to say. the government is a pawn for the corps. yadda yadda yadda i'm drunk and i hate how the elite rule all