MPAA Shuts Down 50+ Torrent Sites in Global Sting

[Invisian]

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), with the cooperation of Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, has quietly shuttered 12 torrent websites in the U.S. and at least 39 sites abroad by filing copyright violation complaints with the sites’ hosting providers.
The names of the sites themselves remain unknown; so far, however, the major players seem to be unaffected.

The specific URLs are not being released because frequently the affected sites will spring up elsewhere online under a different TLD (e.g., TorrentMovies.com becomes TorrentMovies.info). Releasing the names of the sites would make it much easier for users to find their new URLs in the future.

This news, while interesting and concerning, is a far cry from the 70-plus sites shut down by the Department of Homeland Security last November, the culmination of a brewing crackdown effort.
Some torrent and file-sharing sites, including RapidShare, have even taken to hiring lobbyists of their own.

A company spokesperson told Mashable recently, “Given the fact that the U.S. government is currently undertaking great efforts to fight copyright infringements on the Internet, our having a voice in Washington could be beneficial for us as well as for the U.S. government.”
According to TorrentFreak, BREIN “has (temporarily) disabled more than 1,000 torrent sites in The Netherlands, and they are now helping the MPAA towards doing the same in the U.S.”

In a BREIN release, the organization stated that it helped the MPAA take down around 29 sites last year; and earlier this month, it shut down 39 sites in the Netherlands for the MPAA, as well.

BREIN also conducts these anti-piracy “stings” in 11 other countries, including Germany, France, Britain and Canada. Its director, Tim Kuik, said in the statement (via Google Translate), “There will be new sites, but we take them down fast so they cannot grow.”

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Invisian Reviewed by Invisian on 28th Jan 2011. MPAA Shuts Down 50+ Torrent Sites in Global Sting The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), with the cooperation of Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN, has quietly shuttered 12 torrent websites in the U.S. and at least 39 sites abroad by filing copyright violation complaints with the sites’ hosting providers. The names of the sites themselves remain unknown; so far, however, the major players seem to be unaffected. The specific URLs are not being released because frequently the affected sites will spring up elsewhere online under a Rating: 5

[krazeek]

Guess they are cracking down on piracy. It's ok though, warez will be around for decades to come.

[Invisian]

Couldn't agree more.

[krazeek]

One question that I wonder a lot is how Warez-BB has not yet been taken down, but smaller warez sites have been.

[Invisian]

Well, easy
Warez is hosted in China and it's .org
So no chance they can get to em, at least now.
And they always take down domains with .net and .com
I think .org is not under US control like 2 above ^^.

[House_maniac]

bigger warez site has more resource thus they can hire a lawyer also brein called me on my mob last time and asked me to close my board well i think that netherland is no more a safe place to host warez site now,hosting providers should provide location like russia etc.

[krazeek]

Wonder if .info domains are safe?

Start putting up servers in South Africa or some country like that. Not like half of them know what warez is lol.

[House_maniac]

well speed would surely be an issue in africa.

[krazeek]

Make them underground, keep them nice and cool

[Invisian]

bigger warez site has more resource thus they can hire a lawyer also brein called me on my mob last time and asked me to close my board well i think that netherland is no more a safe place to host warez site now,hosting providers should provide location like russia etc.

That's not possible, but well, what do I know.

The russia idea n china are our best options i think germany might be good too.

Wonder if .info domains are safe?

i think so, but some might not lik them.

Start putting up servers in South Africa or some country like that. Not like half of them know what warez is lol.

Yeah, lovin the idea.

well speed would surely be an issue in africa.

That's true.