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The-RealWorld.de closes due to legal pressure

25 August 2005 1:30 by James "Dela" Delahunty | 7 comments

A well known and much used eDonkey2000 listing site has closed its doors due to mounting legal pressure. The German The-RealWorld.de site focused primarily on links to TV shows. It did not host any copyrighted files however, just ed2k link that can be used to find content easily on the eD2K network. Here is a message left on the homepage of the site.

TRW is under legal attack and forced offline for the time being.

For the legal defence TRW seriously needs your help. Please donate whatever you can via the paypal donation option below.
Even 1-2 Euros would help already and paypal offers secure payments via credit card as well as from your bank account in many countries.
If any donations might be left after this situation, they will be donated for a good cause like EFF or Oxfam.

Thank you very much for your help!
The Webmaster

Many of the sites users suspected that something was up as over the last few months several links to certain TV shows were disappearing from the site.

Source:
The-RealWorld.de

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Lethal_B (Moderator) 25 August 2005 3:47
Farewell To One of the best Torrent sites around undoubtedely [ + quote]
killerc (Inactive) 2 September 2005 15:57
you think its going to comeback [ + quote]
Lethal_B (Moderator) 3 September 2005 1:38
Nah They're Screwed. You Can Tell By How They Say It, It shows desperation [ + quote]
killerc (Inactive) 3 September 2005 12:10
lol that is so true [ + quote]
chri1s101 (Newbie) 10 October 2005 20:56
this sucks. check l2nation.com because i hear they will be making a replacement for the-realworld.de and even a little rememberance page for the legendary TRW. TRW was my favorite site and its retarded that people press for legal charges etc. I mean like everyone has cable tv so they can see all these shows, whats the diff in downloading a show so u can watch it after work instead of setting ur vcr up to record a show to watch after work. [ + quote]
freshmeba (Member) 7 November 2005 13:37
NOOOOOOOOO this was like the best site i use shareaza with. Ahh man, maybe theres another site [ + quote]
Lethal_B (Moderator) 7 November 2005 13:49
Well, you cannot be missing it that much, seeing as it closed nearly 10 weeks ago! Hehe Lethal_Biz..... Lethal's "Converting video to iPod" Guide - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/244629 Lethal's "Creating Torrent's" Guide - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/251607 [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 7 November 2005 13:49