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[Bermenstein]

Another one bites the dust...

[RedSi35]

What the hell is bt junkie?


















Only use newsgroups to get my "news"

[woof woof !]

What the hell is bt junkie?

One of the most popular bittorrent sites, BTjunkie, has been "voluntarily" shut down in the wake of last month's closure of Megaupload.

The operators of BTjunkie, which launched in 2005, said in a message on the site: "This is the end of the line my friends. The decision has not come easy, but we've decided to voluntarily shut down.

"We've been fighting for years for your right to communicate but it's time to move on. It's been the experience of a lifetime, we wish you all the best!"

The founder of the site told TorrentFreak that legal action against other filesharing sites, such as Megaupload and The Pirate Bay, had played an important part in his decision.

The move follows the closure of other sites such as QuickSilverScreen, with more expected to follow.

Megaupload was taken offline on 19 January after US prosecutors accused seven men behind the site of cheating copyright holders out of $500m (£317m) in revenue over five years.

The site offered users a "one-click" upload for content and claimed 50 million daily visitors shortly before it closed.

Prosecutors have described it as "among the largest criminal copyright cases" ever brought by the US government.

BTjunkie was one of the search terms censored by Google because it was related to piracy.

One visitor to the reddit.com feed about the site's closure wrote: "This is like seeing a library that was burned down with all its books inside … This was my go-to for torrents."

"Damn," said a reader on the TechCrunch site. "Guess we're just going to have to start paying for sh'it now."

[andy_g]

the way things are going i'm just going to have to download the entire internet

[woof woof !]

the way things are going i'm just going to have to download the entire internet

Already done that, would you like a copy ?

oop's 

[red till i die!!]

i was downloading homeland off it and was wondering why the btjunkie search came back with nothing as i had got the first 10 episodes there from the same uploader.
i use vuze so its not all bad as i have other torrent sites listed.
does anyone use an ip filter?

[7_Kewell]

how will Judge get his porn now 

[RedSi35]

Used torrents for a bit through supertorrents, but the whole ratio thing did my brain in.

Stopped using Bt junkie when i got a letter accusing me of illegally downloading and sharing cloverfield.

Now on usenet

[SouthCoastShankly]

Used torrents for a bit through supertorrents, but the whole ratio thing did my brain in.

Stopped using Bt junkie when i got a letter accusing me of illegally downloading and sharing cloverfield.

Now on usenet

ACS:LAW?

[Woollyback]

aren't acs law history?

bag o sh.ite all this business of sharing sites shutting down 

[RedSi35]

Used torrents for a bit through supertorrents, but the whole ratio thing did my brain in.

Stopped using Bt junkie when i got a letter accusing me of illegally downloading and sharing cloverfield.

Now on usenet

ACS:LAW?

Nah dont think so, it was a good few years ago now. It was an Axxo dvd rip ( axxo quality torrents were all the rage a few years ago ). i got a letter from my internet provider saying that the Film Association of America has complained that my computer downloaded this torrent, and if it wasnt deleted or I kept downloading torrents, they will (though they already might) sue me.

I just ignored it, and i never heard from them again.

+ cloverfield was  

[dawson99]

Does this mean people will actually have to start paying for things and not being complete tramps?

Aww diddums

[babu]

where the hell is that tumbleweed gif?

[dawson99]

[laza]

Does this mean people will actually have to start paying for things and not being complete tramps?

Aww diddums

Infidel lackey of captialist oppression