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TorrentSpy Shuts Down
torrentfreak.com — Little over a year ago TorrentSpy.com was still the most visited BitTorrent site, but times have changed. After an expensive two year battle with the MPAA, TorrentSpy decided to throw in the towel and the site has now shut down permanently.
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- droplet, on 03/27/2008, -14/+402RIP TorrentSpy
- bosssmiley, on 03/27/2008, -4/+59also, ***** the MPAA!
"For every one you kill, a hundred will take their place." - anon. - vstro24, on 03/27/2008, -2/+25damn thats where i got my first torrent from :'( now i got to see it go away.
- Sensai, on 03/27/2008, -1/+27Same. :-/
It's been shut down for a while for US citizens for a while now and I wasn't sure why, but they explained it in the article. Due to pressure from The Man, they had to submit stats of each user and they opted to protect us from the US.
And I know this is a little off subject, but with all the crazy people in this world raping 5 month old babies and lying about being shot at, etc, it's nice to see that there are people who I don't even know who would risk their finances to provide me and then risk their business by trying to protect me.
R.I.P.- Acglaphotis, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4I downloaded my first torrent from them too. Its sad to see them go away.
- Ataxia2008, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7Same here, I remember it distinctly because I had no idea what i was doing at the time (hence using TorrentSpy...)
It was Rage Against the machine's self titled album. (again, didn't know what I was doing at the time (sorry RAtM fans))
- Sensai, on 03/27/2008, -1/+27Same. :-/
- stonedslacker, on 03/27/2008, -7/+315Not to worry ... they can't win. Meanwhile here's a small list of torrent sites for all you people:
Public Sites:
Rank # Torrent Site Alexa Rank (Dec 07) Alexa Rank (Mar 08) Change (%)
1. mininova.org 63 53 + 19 %
2. ThePirateBay.org 182 130 + 40 %
3. isohunt.com 170 147 + 16 %
4. Torrentz.com 231 192 + 20 %
5. BtJunkie.org 689 469 + 47 %
6. torrentspy.com 376 585 - 36 %
7. TorrentReactor.net 909 616 + 48 %
8. GamesTorrents.com 942 641 + 47 %
9. TorrentPortal.com 699 697 no change
10. btmon.com 924 743 + 24 %
11. sumotorrent.com 1,894 1,101 + 72 %
12. myBittorrent.com 1,861 1,454 + 28 %
13. animesuki.com 1,738 1,473 + 18 %
14. Fulldls.com 1,448 1,646 - 12 %
15. bitdig.com 5,805 1,945 + 300 %
16. torrentz.ws 7,990 1,991 + 400 %
17. newtorrents.info 3,348 2,272 + 47 %
18. Torrent-Finder.com 3,404 2,635 + 29 %
19. TorrentBox.com 2,812 2,686 + 5 %
20. Fenopy.com 3,102 2,901 + 7 %
21. torrentvalley.com 5,276 3,014 + 75 %
22. youtorrent.com … 3,107 New!
23. TorrentReactor.to 3,016 3,313 - 9 %
24. www.zoozle.org 4,669 3,369 + 39 %
25. www.seedpeer.com 3,992 3,449 + 16 %
Private Sites
Music
http://www.waffles.fm
http://www.what.cd
http://www.filemp3.org
http://stmusic.org
http://mixfiend.com (Mixtapes)
http://www.indietorrents.com/
http://www.funkytorrents.com
http://softmp3.org
http://www.themusik.org
http://kraytracker.com (metal)
http://metalbits.org (metal)
http://www.trancetraffic.com/
http://libble.com/
http://btmusic.eu
http://private.pyrotorrents.org
http://tracker.jpopsuki.com (j-music)
http://www.punkoiska.com/ (Punk, Oi!, Ska, Psychobilly, Rockabilly, etc.)
http://www.punktorrents.com (Punk)
http://audionews.ru (Music production)
http://blackflowermusic.com
http://btbeat.com
http://bt.etree.org
http://btmusic.org
http://chronictracker.com
http://deepbassnine.com
http://dimeadozen.org
http://djiq.org
http://kerrazy-torrents.net
http://metal-torrents.com
http://onemoresolo.net
http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com (Pearl Jam)
http://punkhc.dyndns.org
http://purelivegigs.com
http://smithstorrents.co.uk (The Smiths/Morrissey)
http://thecellar.afraid.org
http://themixingbowl.org
http://thetradersden.org
http://torrentazos.com
http://tracker.twee.se
http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com
http://vipmusic.org
http://modetrance.com
http://tranceroute.com
http://softmp3.org/
http://punkoiska.com
http://metalbits.org
http://tracker.gunsnroses.us (Guns 'n' Roses)
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/ (Japanese/Asian)
http://nipponsei.minglong.org (Anime OSTs)
http://tracker.shoegaze.lt/ (Shoegaze, Dreampop)
http://puretrance.org (Trance)
http://tracker.jpopsuki.com (J-pop)
http://zonebits.net (Primarily Danish music)
http://komodoisland.net/
http://tracker.shoegaze.lt (Shoegaze, indie, post-rock)
http://proaudiotorrents.org (pretty self-explanatory)
http://u2torrents.com (U2)
e**** (can't mention the url)
Games
http://www.blackcats-games.net/
http://www.bitgamer.com
http://www.underground-gamer.com (pre 2000 games)
http://www.ntorrents.net (wii/gamecube)
http://bt.xbox-sky.com
http://gctracker.mine.nu:800
http://my-gamebox.com
http://pleasuredome.org.uk
http://xbox.udp.at
http://bemaniiso.ws
Mac Software
http://beta.macnbits.com
BS (link removed on request)
High Def
http://www.hdbits.org
http://bit-hdtv.com/
http://hdsource.biz
http://x264.eu
http://scenehd.org
DVDs
http://thedvdclub.org/
http://pisexy.org/
http://cinematik.net
http://asiandvdclub.org
https://www.swedvdr.org/ (only swesub dvds, but good stuff)
http://dvdseed.org
Movies
http://goem.org
http://cinemageddon.org (cult/b-movies)
http://arabfilms.org (Arabic)
http://childbytes.net (Disney/Kids)
http://cinematik.net
http://dididave.com
http://karagarga.net
http://cinema-obscura.com
http://moviex.info/
TV
http://www.bitmetv.org/
http://bit-hdtv.com
http://tvtorrents.com/
http://www.tvjunkies.org/
http://www.eztv.it
http://cfhtracker.info/ (Call For Help)
http://diwana.org (Australia & NZ)
http://d-addicts.com (Drama)
http://mrtwig.net (South Park)
http://mvgroup.org
http://myspleen.net
http://uknova.com
http://xtvi.com
http://thesprawl.se AKA http://eztvefnet.org
http://sharetv.org
http://tvfreaks.to
http://torrent-vision.org
http://tvrss.net/
http://thebox.bz
http://bitt.tv
http://torrent-vision.org/
Scene
http://www.scenetorrents.org/
http://www.filelist.org
http://www.revolutiontt.net/
http://www.tti.nu
http://www.runningthescence.com/
http://www.torrentleech.org/
http://torrentbytes.net/
http://piratebits.org/ (Swedish but good 4 XBox and PC Games)
http://www.moviex.info/
http://torrent-damage.net/
http://www.swebits.org/
http://supertorrents.org/
http://torrents.czone.ro
http://www.midnight-torrents.com
http://piratetorrents.org/
http://www.powerbits.org/
http://finbytes.org/
http://www.devilwolfs.com/ (Scene)
http://www.digitalhive.org/ (Scene)
http://rushbits.org
http://sharetorrents.pl (Polish)
http://merc-tech.org
http://acetorrents.net
http://scenenetwork.org
S** removed on request
Ftn (link removed)
Wheelmods link removed
Porn
http://www.cheggit.net
http://www.empornium.us
http://www.puretna.com
http://www.fileporn.org
http://www.pornbits.net/
http://www.sexotorrent.com/
http://www.pussytorrents.org/
http://bmtorrents.net
http://pornation.org
http://gaytorrentnews.org (Gay)
http://gay-torrents.net (Gay)
http://bitlove.hu (Magyar / Hungarian)
http://italiansexy.net (Italian)
http://candy.bitbull.to/ (smaller German site)
http://bootytorrents.com/
http://adultsins.net/
http://deviloid.net
Ebooks/Learning
http://textbooktorrents.com/
http://bitme.org
http://learnbits.org
http://bitspyder.net
http://elbitz.org
Sports
http://basket-torrent.webpark.pl
http://bt.davka.info (Basketball)
http://fbtz.com/forum/ (Football/Soccer)
http://motorsport-torrents.info
http://racing-underground.com
http://special.pwtorrents.net (Wrestling)
http://sport-scene.net
http://tenyardtorrents.com (NFL, NCAA, CFL)
http://tracker.fullcontactzone.com (MMA)
http://worldboxingvideoarchive.com
http://extremebits.org (extreme sports)
http://xtremewrestlingtorrents.net (Wrestling)
http://dontchill.net
http://mma-tracker.org MMA
http://www.extremebits.org/ (extreme sports movies)
http://www.titaniumtorrents.net MMA/TV mostly
Other
http://audionews.ru (audio applications)
http://proaudiotorrents.org (audio applications)
http://gfxnews.ru (2d/3d graphics software)
http://proeditor.51.net (graphics/design)
http://docs.torrents.ro (graphics/design)
http://conspiracycentral.net
http://christiantorrents.com
http://chomskytorrents.org (Documentaries)
http://inkrecharge.com (Radio?)
http://ipodnova.tv (iPod Video)
http://linuxtracker.org
http://pianosheets.org
http://www.podtropolis.com (iPod Video)
http://pokerbits.org
http://thepokerbay.org
http://zcultfm.com (No tracker anymore?)
http://kinozal.ws (Russian)
http://thevault.bz (business, finance, marketing, advertising)
http://theplace.bz (seduction, psychology, self-help etc)
http://music-vid.com (music videos)
Anime
http://anime-kraze.org
http://animelab.com
http://anime-legion.net
http://animesuki.com
http://a.scarywater.net
http://baka-updates.com
http://bithq.org
http://bittorrent.frozen-layer.net
http://boxtorrents.com
http://thehawks.org
http://bt.zhentarim.net
http://datorrents.com
http://deadfrog.us
http://downloadanime.org
http://gotwoot.net
http://h33t.com
http://shinsen-subs.org
http://spisoft.net
http://majin2007.com
http://prutser.com
http://tokyotosho.com
http://torrent.thegreatbeyond.net
http://tracker.shockerz.net
http://share.dmhy.net (Japanese)
http://eclipse.no-sekai.de
http://the-triad.org
General/Unsorted
http://araditracker.com
http://biotorrents.org
http://bitnation.com
http://bitsoup.org
http://blue-whitegt.com (Greek)
http://btcyberstorm.com
http://bwtorrents.com(Indian)
http://bytenova.org
http://cinema-obscura.com
http://dctorrent.com (Indian)
http://desitorrents.com (Indian)
http://devilsfire.com
http://fonoon.org (Arabic)
http://ilovetorrents.com
http://int-torrent.com
http://kludd.com
http://leecherslair.com
http://legendary-torrents.net
http://megatorrents.org
http://midnight-torrents.com
http://monova.org
http://nordicbits.org
http://phoenix-pt.org
http://potuk.com
http://sladinki007.net
http://spirit-tracker.org
http://t4a.org
http://th3-studio.net
http://torrent-damage.net
http://torrent-hackers.co.uk
http://tracker2.dyn.pl (German)
http://tri-tavern.com
http://torrentpipeline.org
http://greek-tracker.com (Greek)
http://smartorrent.com (French)
http://smokingintherain.us
http://quorks.com (German)
http://delight4u.org (Dutch)
http://torrents.ru (Russian)
http://arenabg.com (Bulgarian)
http://swefiles.org (Swedish)
http://esooti.com (Hebrew)
http://legaltorrents.com
http://bithq.org
http://thegft.org
http://scenemachine.org
http://Jtracker.jphip.com
http://downrev.net
http://mad-jack.com
http://torrentbits.ro
http://rtshq.net- vstro24, on 03/27/2008, -3/+11wow i never realized how much there were!!!! now lets have an invite for HDbits or anything :) lol
- newdigger, on 03/27/2008, -4/+9Comments like these make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside to be a member. :)
- dudeguy1234, on 03/27/2008, -1/+20Damn.
- SeaBass22, on 03/27/2008, -2/+68ctrl+c, open notepad, ctrl+v
- Ascendancy5, on 03/27/2008, -2/+14In other words, "fukken saved".
- Syzothermy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4fukken saved indeed :)
Thanks, StonedSlacker. I knew about a few of those, but not all of those.
- Syzothermy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4fukken saved indeed :)
- maisteri, on 03/27/2008, -2/+19ctrl+x, ctrl+v
HAHAHA it's mine!! - Rezistik, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5First thing I did.
- Tonorific, on 03/28/2008, -0/+4If you paste it into a MS Office or OpenOffice Doc it keeps the URL behind the hyperlink as well, so all you need to do is [ctrl]+click
- Ascendancy5, on 03/27/2008, -2/+14In other words, "fukken saved".
- AsSubtleAsABrik, on 03/27/2008, -1/+48Digg should let you add comments to your favorites.
- ceruleanocte, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Thanks!
- Slade605, on 03/27/2008, -2/+11Oh, I clicked your icon cause I wanted the RSS feed.
- xXShadowstormXx, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Man, that is a ***** of torrent sites.
- enterneo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9MASSIVE !
- borninda818, on 03/27/2008, -2/+15OVER 9000!!!!
On a serious note, your comment alone is worthy of top 10 of the week. Put it on some blog somewhere and submit.- Myonosken, on 03/28/2008, -0/+4I second that. Submit it and I'll Digg you.
- CthulhuDawn, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Holy *****.
- HellaBAD, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4This is godly!!!!!
Saved. - Attol, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4I'd digg you twice if I could.
Thanks! - nVoy, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2You call this list "small"? wow.
- betobeto, on 03/28/2008, -0/+3One goes down, a million go up. And so it shall be, forever and ever, (r)amen.
BTW thanks for the list - stonedslacker, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2For those asking for a blogpost of this list, here you go:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Huge_Categorized_List_of ...
- vstro24, on 03/27/2008, -3/+11wow i never realized how much there were!!!! now lets have an invite for HDbits or anything :) lol
- kevyn, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8thanks for the list... now if only there were some invites floating around!
guess I'll be checking http://www.inviteshare.com/ for a while - Sethwm2, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7You are a beautiful man!!
- worldsbestgamer, on 03/27/2008, -16/+3As a contributing member to one of those sites, I really wish you didn't do that.
- bagboyrebel, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4there's a reason that you have to get invited to them.
- Llanowar, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3RIP as in Rest in Pieces?
Would be quite appropriate for a torrent site.- algo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2retracted intellectual property.
- enterneo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5select comment -> open gedit -> middle click -> save
- djbon2112, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2One of the best features of GNOME I've found. Seriously, I miss it on Windows :p
- kevyn, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1sounds useful... but im sure there is a firefox ext that can do the same thing
- djbon2112, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1No, the middle click to copy-paste selected text is a feature of GNOME, not Firefox. It works between all programs.
- MrMax182, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2im sending this theme url to my friends, the comments dont have html anchors?
- algo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6http://digg.com/tech_news/TorrentSpy_Shuts_Down?t= ... (the time is the link)
- celkin, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2I think you can get banned from Digg for posting links to porn...not that I'D report you or anything :-/
- stonedslacker, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2Okay, here you guys go. Made a blogpost so that you guys can bookmark it. Also there are additional links that were censored here.
http://digg.com/tech_news/Huge_Categorized_List_of ...
- bosssmiley, on 03/27/2008, -4/+59also, ***** the MPAA!
- Kasot, on 03/27/2008, -12/+93Can't say I used this site alot, but it's a loss nontheless.
- Godlike, on 03/27/2008, -1/+21There was a time when all I wanted out of torrents could be found on torrentspy... it was the most up to date resource that there was. It unfortunately went pretty downhill after the ban on North America but just like Suprnova it will always have its place in torrent history.
- spuncoke, on 03/27/2008, -10/+247It might have been good a few years ago but it was over run with ads and over bloated in the end.
- inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -0/+14They also had a quasi Digg system for articles, didn't' they?
- freefoodisgood, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Shoutwire integration
- BobaFettTDG, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Careful with those apostrophes, you'll put an eye out.
- warriorscot, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2I always liked the music categories as I only used torrents for music as it was easy to pick out music that was good but I might not neccesarily have heard of otherwise.
- unknamed, on 03/27/2008, -5/+5"It might have been good a few years ago but it was over run with ads and over bloated in the end."
Sounds kinda like Elvis...- ShogunWarPig, on 03/27/2008, -3/+4Too soon man, too soon.
- violentvinyl, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1I wonder if maybe it was because they had to finance an extended legal battle? I never used TorrentSpy, but I also remember it being more usable back in the day.
- web2pointYo, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2uuuu....thats in the description.
"After an expensive two year battle with the MPAA..."
I know not everyone reads the articles, but to post a comment without even reading the description is pretty bad.- violentvinyl, on 03/31/2008, -1/+1Did you read the parent? I wasn't asking if they were in a legal battle, I know they were, I was asking if MAYBE they bloated the site with ads BECAUSE they were in an extended legal battle.
- web2pointYo, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2uuuu....thats in the description.
- inigomntoya, on 03/27/2008, -0/+14They also had a quasi Digg system for articles, didn't' they?
- TH3W1R3D, on 03/27/2008, -38/+26Someone's gunna say it sooner or later, might as well make it sooner:
***** THE RIAA!- TH3W1R3D, on 03/27/2008, -4/+93Though in this case it should be the MPAA, ah hell ***** um both.
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- algo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4swapsies?
- dudeguy1234, on 03/27/2008, -17/+1Why is he being Dugg down?!
- Marijuana, on 03/27/2008, -0/+15Here at Digg we take our acronyms seriously.
- TH3W1R3D, on 03/27/2008, -4/+93Though in this case it should be the MPAA, ah hell ***** um both.
- jakash, on 03/27/2008, -37/+13Can I get a hallelujah!! Finally, no more spam comments and fake french pr0n labelled as movies! No more ridiculus porno ads and shoutwire links everywhere! For once I'm actually happy a torrent site got shut down... only this one.
- Godlike, on 03/27/2008, -0/+11You... didn't have to visit it?
- LargeTrout, on 03/27/2008, -4/+3Judging by the fact that you're getting dugg down I'd say people loved the fake comments and fake French porn movies.
- SadBeef, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2amen. i was about to respond to the first comment with a "no, ***** torrentspy." the guys that started it are ***** ripoff and con artists.
- DarkShroud, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I dugg you up. Because that damn site was indexed by all the BitTorrent search engines. When they started blocking US users I remember thinking good, now people will have to use good sites like mininova. Where fakes are removed.
- randomchar, on 03/27/2008, -24/+4private trackers ftw!
- doxidon, on 03/27/2008, -50/+2No worries: http://www.seedpeer.com
# It has verified torrents
# Not stacked with ads
# Fast
What else do you need?- techitlive, on 03/27/2008, -4/+41No spammers like you. :P
- AngryAngryBrian, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9Second, and a cookie. Also by cookie I mean the chocolate chip kind, not the tracking kind.
- trusttimothy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3You can get everything with a cookie nowadays ....
http://lifeisaroad.com/images/darkside.jpg- AngryAngryBrian, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Cool, I'll go get my red light saber and evil laugh.
- trusttimothy, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3You can get everything with a cookie nowadays ....
- AngryAngryBrian, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9Second, and a cookie. Also by cookie I mean the chocolate chip kind, not the tracking kind.
- techitlive, on 03/27/2008, -4/+41No spammers like you. :P
- MikeonTV, on 03/27/2008, -23/+5Tis a sad loss. Long live private trackers!
- daivos, on 03/27/2008, -11/+395And from the ashes of the hydra, three more shall rise.
- buddamus, on 03/27/2008, -2/+12If you strike me down I will become a more powerful than ever before
- spiritditch, on 03/27/2008, -7/+2That statement just gave me chills.
- TheCosmicFool, on 03/27/2008, -3/+28Wouldn't it be the neck of the hydra? The Phoenix rises from the ashes, but only 1 is reborn.
The neck of the hydra would be where 1 head is cut off and 2 replace it.- TheLastFreeMan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+17He meant from the neck ash
- airstrike, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9pure genius
- byttle, on 03/28/2008, -2/+1you're ruining it
- TheLastFreeMan, on 03/27/2008, -0/+17He meant from the neck ash
- julip, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8Actually, burning the hydra was the only way it could be slain. Cutting the neck, though, would make three more heads grow.
- Verdanic, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1If you cut those necks, could you continue and eventually make a head tree?
- Kakemonster, on 03/27/2008, -0/+10Thoes above me takes their facts from the Hercules cartoon movie.
- Noriv, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5That was a good movie!
- TheAtomicMoose, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1OUTGRABE!!! OUTGRABE!!!
- rawrzzz, on 03/27/2008, -4/+0Yes, but has anything GOOD replaced Demonoid yet?
- Zera, on 03/28/2008, -0/+3''These attempts to try to put the genie back in the bottle are almost like trying to drink water with a fork,'' says rapper Chuck D.
February, 2001 in response to the Napster Court Hearing.
Article: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,99175,00.html
- dcmcderm, on 03/27/2008, -4/+151Everyone should download something extra today as a farewell tribute. Long live TPB!
- SierraAlpha, on 03/27/2008, -11/+9TPB is a terrible quality tracker.
- ravage86, on 03/28/2008, -0/+4All public trackers are pretty terrible. But TBP (As well as mininova) are among the best public trackers. It's good for someone who wants the occasional file.
- ep53, on 03/27/2008, -9/+2Trailer Park Boys?
- SierraAlpha, on 03/27/2008, -11/+9TPB is a terrible quality tracker.
- Topher06, on 03/27/2008, -5/+44Good, in the last year or so all they did was link to mininova anyways.
- okaroleo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9if you know youre going to be shut down, you might as well redirect the traffic.
- web2pointYo, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1anyways..?
- nokasax, on 03/27/2008, -14/+6Another ad stuffed site bites the dust, I prefer SeedPeer, Mininova and Torrentz
- samurimaster, on 03/27/2008, -5/+16Today is a sad day in deed for the pirate community, whether you liked them or not they shouldn't have gone like that.
- GregorCZ, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1How should they have gone then.
- Sidicas, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1They shoulda have been buried with an arm full 'o treasure... DVDs and CDs.. Plastic Caskets for 'em all!
- DarkShroud, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2They were in it solely for the money. I have no sympathy for them. I don't fault people for earning money but the ads were ridiculous. And the shoutwire integration was horribly tacky.
- GregorCZ, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1How should they have gone then.
- Ell3, on 03/27/2008, -18/+19torrentportal.com
torrentreactor.net
and of course the best: piratebay.org- LordofChaosIori, on 03/27/2008, -11/+25I know you're trying to help... but bringing publicity to torrent sites just gets them shut down. If someone really needs help finding torrents they shouldn't be using them in the first place.
- Ell3, on 03/27/2008, -1/+48I'm pretty sure the RIAA knows about Google.
- BobMysterioso, on 03/27/2008, -1/+22publicity to torrent sites? it has the word TORRENT in the url. Aside from TPB which generates its own publicity, any site with torrent in the url is not in any way trying to be private or secretive. Its like when I drive my black van around that says "Molester" on the side nobody gives me directions to the candy store.
- picpak, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8In other words, you've done it before.
- Gregbertt, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6You really shouldn't drive that thing around...
- violentvinyl, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2If TPB proves anything, it's that publicity keeps them up. Lawyers shut them down, not publicity.
- zongamin, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1***** off! As if they don't know about them already you tard.
- Shadowgamers, on 03/27/2008, -1/+12They've tried to shut down Piratebay for years now to no avail. Those multi-nation servers must be doing them proud.
- DarkDx, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9And mininova.org
- Llanowar, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9btjunkie.org
- sinrtb, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2I started getting asked for a captcha when downloading so I have since moved on to TPB
- TheWorm, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1waffles.fm
- brainboy77, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3piratebay is cool and all with its fight against the MPAA. but mininova's torrents are better. they have more seeds, thus making it much healthier.
- omarciddo, on 03/28/2008, -1/+7lemonparty.org
- robocop1, on 03/28/2008, -0/+6That ones the best ! You should all check it out.you can find absolutely everything you can imagine.
- LordofChaosIori, on 03/27/2008, -11/+25I know you're trying to help... but bringing publicity to torrent sites just gets them shut down. If someone really needs help finding torrents they shouldn't be using them in the first place.
- mc786030, on 03/27/2008, -7/+35youtorrent.com = the best!
- ssj4vegita2002, on 03/27/2008, -0/+11Youtorrent really only exists because of the other torrent sites. granted it does a great service of aggregating all the other sites.
- ElBeh, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Totally. I just started using it a week ago and it's been extremely satisfactory.
- kevro, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5http://pizzatorrent.com/ Better. It lays out the results in categorized tabs.
- Burrito, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4I find the Youtorrent search engine lacking. There seems to be no way to narrow down a search that yields 100s of results.
- Kakemonster, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1www.torrentz.com Easily the best one with voting system if virus and comments about torrents.
- shagg187, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4The Hydra will live on!
- Razster, on 03/27/2008, -3/+5More will popup in different countries... This isn't the end of the world. ;)
- thedinomeister, on 03/27/2008, -10/+3The System is *****.
- joeycerone, on 03/27/2008, -13/+70***** the riaa
- Spor, on 03/27/2008, -8/+18I believe the standard is to caps-lock that. Just FYI.
- funknjunk, on 03/28/2008, -1/+5where's the emotion?!
- Treason, on 03/28/2008, -0/+4CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
- celkin, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Let me try:
***** THE RIAA!!!11!!!1!!one!!!1!!!1eleven!!!!11![lim as x->0 of (sin x / x)]
- Vash3001, on 03/27/2008, -22/+10Torrentspy blocked American IP addresses last year. So i don't give a rat's ass what happens to them. BTjunkie is better anyway.
- DeathMote, on 03/27/2008, -3/+19Um, they did that to protect American users because of the possibility of getting their data subpoenaed and getting users in trouble.
- WraTH017, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3Uh, they did it to protect themselves. They could have done other things if they wanted to protect American users, that didn't completely shun them from the website.
Nothing wrong with self preservation, but let's just be clear that's what it was, and again... nothing wrong with it.- WallnutBoy, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1They wanted to protect the American users whilst keeping as much to the law as possible. They took a big hit when they did it, but I think at that point they knew the end was near.
'Tis sad.. My first torrent came from that site.
- WallnutBoy, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1They wanted to protect the American users whilst keeping as much to the law as possible. They took a big hit when they did it, but I think at that point they knew the end was near.
- vardhaman2249, on 03/27/2008, -1/+16torrentspy was awesome once upon a time,...RIP
- kevisazombie, on 03/27/2008, -2/+20hadn't they been blocking US ips from the site for quite some time now? Thats why I stopped going.
- ultimathule, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Yes, yes they had.
- REBELinBLUE, on 03/27/2008, -4/+18That is possibly true, but oddly enough the US isn't the only country on the planet.
I know it is hard to believe, I was shocked when I found out to. :p- Schitso, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1What!? LIAR!!! *covers ears and cries*
- Asheis, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1yeah, that's the same reason I stopped going to torrentspy. Actually, for all their ads, pornographic or otherwise, they were a half decent site.
Here's to the mighty Hydra! I don't think the RIAA/MPAA quite knows exactly what they're dealing with.
- kryorage, on 03/27/2008, -31/+2Yay! Down with the pirates! You've gotta pay to play folks. Drop that attitude of self entitlement and get on with your lives.
- manicmailman, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4do i have to pay to update my catalogue?.... again?....
- DamnMan, on 03/27/2008, -2/+7man, I know thats a troll but really? we don't think we are entitled to free *****, just entitled to reasonable prices for goods and/or services rendered. 20 bucks for a cd with maybe 12 songs? only an average of a nickel gets back to the actual artist. $8.50 for a movie? not even a new movie, a movie remake of some 80s pop culture fodder. And don't forget to take out a second mortgage for some snacks while your at the theater.
Entitlement? Nope. Just less *****.- rezist, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6What? you steal *****, so do I, be honest with yourself. There are many other methods of fighting corporate practices that we disagree with. If you really want to sit there on a soap box, for every song you steal send $ directly to the artist.
- Schitso, on 03/27/2008, -1/+0I would rather support the artists than the people they had to get screwed by to have any chance at fame that take 90+% of the profits.
- Creeper123, on 03/27/2008, -12/+0now the pirate bay is all we have to go off of
the pirate bay does not have colors for health its
to hard ha ha- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4Sorry..? And there are still loads of torrent sites...
- Creeper123, on 03/27/2008, -6/+0no way dude how do you figure that but none even come close to the leetness of torrent spy not even close
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4Sorry..? And there are still loads of torrent sites...
- novenator, on 03/27/2008, -9/+24Obligatory... ***** THE MPAA
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2Already said.
- SonicAD, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Yeah, but it can't be said too many times.
- celkin, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1***** THE **AA!!!
- SonicAD, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9Yeah, but it can't be said too many times.
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2Already said.
- idigg4fun, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3wow. TS was one of my fav torrent sites.
This is very sad. - musntSurfatWork, on 03/27/2008, -3/+34I love Mininova.
- badsector, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6sshhhhhh
- Equinox1, on 03/27/2008, -6/+2One goes down, one comes up. The war rages on.
- borez, on 03/27/2008, -1/+21I used to love Torrentspy, but as soon as they turned off the comments section and gave you multiple Poker site windows when you clicked on a torrent I knew something was up. It was like some subliminal warning from the admins.
RIP, you'll be missed - zmigliozzi, on 03/27/2008, -2/+31Sorry to say RIAA/MPAA, you will never stop file sharing so save the time and effort.
- tastypastry, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4True, but they'll keep making money trying to stop it.
- BradBrown, on 03/27/2008, -1/+16When are you kids going to get the Demonoid website up and running? I realize the tracker is already active. Uncle Brad loved to search Demonoid for software [for backup copies of software he already had licenses for, of course. I would never copy that floppy]. Good times my man...good times...
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Hell yeah, don't copy that floppy!
- kazamx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xfqkdh5Js4
- DeadPresident, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1You know your poison ;)
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Hell yeah, don't copy that floppy!
- sindex, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4TorrentSpy always had the most people seeding episodes of the TV shows I missed. I always hoped they'd be able to stick it to the man in the end. I guess instead the Man stuck it in their end... and by proxy we're all getting F'ed in the A.
- lukasmack, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Demonoid was such as shame when it shut down but is just as bad for me. At one point this was the only site I used for P2P purely because of its simplicity and ease of use. Also i found its search function was second to none, most bit torrent site search does not seem to work well. But the day file-rights came to this sight i knew it was going downhill fast. I left very soon to the pirate-bay mininova and got attached to demonoid. Then that went and I was really *****.
***** the RIAA/MPAA - wukillabee, on 03/27/2008, -2/+9scrapetorrent ftw
- cmad, on 03/27/2008, -7/+2Sigh.............(tear drop)..............end of an era !
- dudeguy1234, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1They cannot stop us. The people are with us. The Government will fall before file sharing does... neither one is going anywhere.
We are legion. - scottja35, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Yes...we are the people who love our periods and elipses......in excess........!
- dudeguy1234, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1They cannot stop us. The people are with us. The Government will fall before file sharing does... neither one is going anywhere.
- bbqsalad, on 03/27/2008, -5/+2Public trackers without ratios are crap.. Not saying they deserve to be shutdown but the quality of the torrents and users is just awful. Not to mention the amazing amount of ad's.
- simonbp, on 03/27/2008, -5/+44"And from the ashes of the hydra, three more shall rise."
You're badly mixing metaphors:
The Phoenix is a creature that is reborn from its ashes.
When the Hydra gets a head cut off, multiple heads grow back.
Better statements:
"And from the Hydra's bloodied neck stump, three more heads shall rise to replace the one lost."
"And from the ashes of the Phoenix, another shall rise."- dark2025, on 03/27/2008, -2/+32...and you should learn to use the reply function.
- rand0mm0nkey, on 03/27/2008, -6/+7Thank you, Mythos-Police! How can we ever repay you?
- Schitso, on 03/27/2008, -3/+0It still sounds cool and is very true. Mythological accuracy aside, it was a good comment.
- lovecss, on 03/27/2008, -3/+1THIS
- kazamx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Did someone mention Stump *****? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3tYQEXhcao
- ileftfark, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9Holy ***** - responding to someone else's comment without referencing their username or the reply button FOUR HOURS after they made the initial comment for the ***** win! You got style!
- KlogereEndGrim, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Its a Phoenix-Hydra... geez, get witht the times..
- manu3l, on 03/27/2008, -1/+5TorrentSpy set the standards for others to follow. Thanks TS.
- namelessXsilent, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4I couldnt use torrentspy in the US for awhile now so it died a long time ago
- Chassit, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5Brokep is the man. If I see/meet Justin, I too will buy him a beer.
- rsek, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2someone, buy the domain, start over.
- SSCrow, on 03/27/2008, -3/+2Every torrent site needs comments and ratings of the torrent and those comments.
Its the best way to avoid fakes and thats what I loved about TorrentSpy. - Millsee, on 03/27/2008, -12/+5A win for businesses that suffer from piracy, i.e. mine.
- dudeguy1234, on 03/27/2008, -3/+11A lose for millions across the globe who used it to get new things they never would've used/seen if they had to buy it, i.e. yours.
- pittpat, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3I agree. I own 2 indie music stores and downloading hurts, but what hurts worse is when 1 person buys something and make 10 copies for friends. If you like something, BUY IT!! Support the artist!
- AvangionQ, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3This is the exact argument which is such a failure when it comes to statistical analysis of what file sharing actually does for overall sales figures ... file sharing promotes artists with free advertising and word of mouth which counteracts any effect that the `loss` of a free copy might have had ...
- DeathJux, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2If it weren't for file-sharing, I wouldn't have heard of ANY of the bands I've paid to see live over the past two years.
- loganhuddleston, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1then buy another indie music store.
- xsquirrel378x, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1torrentspy used to be the public tracker i used most before it blocked U.S. traffic. so long buddy :(
- gravityboard, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2The symbolism of a torrent site caving to the MPAA (or RIAA) is more significant than the actual loss of this one site.
I used torrentspy after suprnova disappeared a few years back, but quickly gave it up for the pirate bay and btjunkie.org which i know use as my primary sites - Drisler, on 03/27/2008, -2/+17Oh shucks
I remember the days when i used to fap to torrentspy's Ads :(
I will miss you.- ThePirateParty, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1lol dude...
- jimjoke, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1I liked the one with animated cheerleader asses.
- djwk1928, on 03/27/2008, -4/+5Once my favourite torrent site... then I switched to demonoid... demonoid died, now TorrentSpy.
Torrents are slowly dying. ***** MPAA!- drafhk, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3BtJunkie.org
- Hotrox, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Don't give him any more torrent sites! I don't know about you, but his two favorite torrent sites both went down? Am I the only one here that sees the connection?
Kidding of course.- djwk1928, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2LOL... glad someone has a sense of humor :p
- Hotrox, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Don't give him any more torrent sites! I don't know about you, but his two favorite torrent sites both went down? Am I the only one here that sees the connection?
- Vhaeos, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Torrents wont die until new technology arrives. Everything that falls is replaced. :)
- betobeto, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1"Torrents are slowly dying"
Well, that list that is way up there on this page (look for "stonedslacker").... tells me otherwise.
- drafhk, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3BtJunkie.org
- Jeffler, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4A year ago I would've been incredibly sad for this to happen, as it was my favourite torrent site.
Now? I'm happy they're gone...way too many ads, lots of spyware, lots of garbage torrents. It was nowhere near the best PUBLIC tracker, let alone of any kind. - edger2006, on 03/27/2008, -3/+3That was my favorite site. Had an easy to use, clean and sleek, interface.
- tiuk, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Toward the end of its life it had become over-run with ads, and it wasn't even hosting the .torrents themselves anymore, just linking to them on other sites. I can't say I'm really surprised to see this happen.
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