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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/us-looks-prosecute-owner-kickass-912953

 

The Owner and site operator of KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin, has been arrested today, if anyone was curious.

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Poor bugger.  

 

Is there a site where we can donate some lube? 

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it happened about 4 hours ago, so i dont think they have set up an account yet. but yeah it sucks.

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Technically speaking kickass did follow through with take down requests, so I doubt they can prove anything beyond reasonable doubt unless they railroad him

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Keep it up. The more you tighten your grip, the more syste.... I mean "intellectual properties" will slip through your fingers..

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Just now, Dan Castellaneta said:

And this affects who exactly?

All this means is that you're blowing cash on a useless lawsuit.

 

It means several angry fat cats will be chewing slightly less Werther's Originals angrily once the case has had it's day in court.

 

 

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please

why

 

its ok, i dont torrent anymore... well i do for .. well.....

 

 

next thing you know:
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Just now, Dan Castellaneta said:

And this affects who exactly?

All this means is that you're blowing cash on a useless lawsuit.

Remember, corporations don't think like normal people. They prefer to go the ass-backwards route when it comes to making money. They will try EVERYTHING other than common sense (like offering a good product at a competitive price) to make money. If they can't, then they'll go to congress to try and change the rules of the game

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AFAIK Kickasstorrents was complying with DMCA takedowns a lot more than TPB, which will now get most of the traffic. Congratulations rights holders, you played yourselves.

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Wait, why?  Did he personally upload illegal content or something?

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3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Wait, why?  Did he personally upload illegal content or something?

no he owned/hosted one

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3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Wait, why?  Did he personally upload illegal content or something?

well he owns its fam and probably hosted it

 

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It does not work to close down sites like that, people will just move to another one.

 

What really helps if is things is easy to get in the legal way.

 

like having all series and movies ever be on the same streaming service (can be more expensive than Netflix is currently)

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Really unfortunate.

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Just now, Mihle Gaming said:

It does not work to close down sites like that, people will just move to another one.

 

What really helps if is things is easy to get in the legal way.

 

like having all series and movies ever be on the same streaming service (can be more expensive than Netflix is currently)

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Just checked the site and it is down, it just wait for a response and nothing happens.

 

Wonder how big the search spike for torrent sites will be now, and which site will get the increased traffic that KAT had.

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9 minutes ago, AlexGoesHigh said:

Just checked the site and it is down, it just wait for a response and nothing happens.

 

Wonder how big the search spike for torrent sites will be now, and which site will get the increased traffic that KAT had.

KAT works just fine for me.I tried with the "unblocked" one.

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It was already derpy a while ago, might explain why.

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Why don't they take down sites like putlocker that host the actual movie files on their website? Instead of a site that hosts literally a string of text. (magnet links)

 

Anyway, even if all torrent sites get shut down people will just host their magnet links on pastebin or other text sharing websites

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