BREIN claims closure of 16 BitTorrent sites

Well, seeing as I personally never used (or heard) of these listed sites, it doesn't really concern me much. I just hope sites that I don't use close. Edit: Oops! What I meant to say is, "I hope that the sites I use don't close." I didn't mean for other sites to close it was just a typo. It actually really sucks that they did that to the poor guy. Hopefully they can recover and replace what they lost to those sites closures.

you sir are a pirate

I've never heard of those sites either, so there is no way of anyone knowing if they had 1 user or 1000, or even if they were Torrent sites or perhaps just a plant to justify BREIN's existence. Methinks it's 99% BS.

Yeah, i havent heard of them either... well they have to start somewhere.... i just hope they dont get to the good sites :Þ

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I've never heard of those sites either, so there is no way of anyone knowing if they had 1 user or 1000, or even if they were Torrent sites or perhaps just a plant to justify BREIN's existence.

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Ahh... thanks dela... no wonder i hadnt heard of them... i usually visit america, Uk and those type sites :)

OK, I stand corrected, thanks dela, although I regularly browse non English speaking Bittorrent sites I obviously don't get around as much as I thought I did ;)

oh you wouldnt believe the number of bittorrent trackers in the world ;-)

"BREIN decided to visit the home of the domain owner, on the forth anniversary of his daughter's death, a matter that the site's team says is more than coincidence, since this date was well known among the members of the site" -If that's true then they sound like the Mafia. I wonder if they threatned to break his legs right after. "It also demanded the name and addresses of other "employees" at the site. However, questions are already being raised about the information BREIN has provided. " -Well, are they employees? Did they do this for profit or is this just some guy trying to cover server costs?

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-Well, are they employees? Did they do this for profit or is this just some guy trying to cover server costs?

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CONGRATULATIONS---Only 8,000,000 more torrent sites to go.

Any blow to the P2P industry is a blow to us all, although there isn't much we can do to try and keep them open, It still does affect all us users even if sites none of us have ever heard of the mentioned sites. -Mike

Even if this is all a lie, its still negative press that demoralizes p2p supporters.

I just checked all dutch torrent sites on a dutch "index" site, and only 1 was offline (only temperary at their own accord). And there where also 4 new torrent site.

long live p2p!

crap sites. lol wat a bunch of n00bs!

Sites have been closed in the past and are being closed all the time (note thereal-world.de). But it doesn't affect us in a huge way. They have closed many p2p sites (note win-mx) but it has never stopped filesharers. Filesharers of the abovementioned sites will move onto the new sites as they always have (the real world used to be my site until it was closed down, but I just moved on :)

We need more p2p sites. I just wish there was some way of winning against these massive faceless corporations. These corporations are the reason people take to piracey, they try to rule our lives and bleed us dry. They think of us as nothing more than cows in a field ready to be turned into the next burger. More fat juicy consumers to bleed dry. viva la Pirates

Yeah, I also wish there was a way we could all stand up to the corporations. And its not just in the realm of music and movies. There are human rights violations, animal cruelty, child labor, and all sorts of other things that many companies do to gain a profit. I wanna see a PAC (political action committee) that would do exactly the type of thing that the companies due in the legal and economic world. Instead of having the RIAA spout off 'facts' about losing profit you could also have someone touting consumer rights. It'd be cool to have your own guerrila lawyer unit fighting in the courts and lobbying the governemnt for things you think are right instead of having the corps. do it for more profit.

Well isn't it nice to know that governments are still making futile, wasteful efforts to stop piracy.

it sure is. ah well they can try, dont know how far they wil get but.....

If the American public was paying attention during the Clinton presidency, the Digital Millenium Act would not have sneaked through...everyone was distracted by the Lewinski dress and BJ semen instead of losing their "fair use rights". I like TorrentReactor and IsoHunt Go Pirates!!

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They have closed many p2p sites (note win-mx).....

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Hehe, you've forgotten. Remember I had to give you that patch to get it connected again? It is a systems host file for MX that has to be updated for the user to become connected to the network again. -Mike

Nope, I didn't forget, Mike. :) I just checked my software archive cd-rw disc: WinMX Ver 3.53 patched Ver 1.9 One, single, .exe install file. And the proggie works so smoothly, it puts paid music download services to absolute shame. Some of the very best things I have, came from the *terrific* folks here at A/D. (thnx, mike) !!

I find it kinda funny really. The only reason I buy cds of music is because I heard the band on the radio, got a few songs, and based on that, bought the cd. Before p2p, I never had a music cd at all. lol...

never liked winmx. files always seem to take to long and queued up. Chat was fun but.... lol

In a War, soldiers may die.

Ah, klingy. I said their site had been closed, and it is! But they did also close WinMX, regardless of whether it has been patched or not. ;-) Hmmmmmmmmmmmm :-)

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CONGRATULATIONS---Only 8,000,000 more torrent sites to go.

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That's the thing as one closes 100s more POP or should I say, hop on the WWW. There is no way to TRULY stop this ...

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But they did also close WinMX, regardless of whether it has been patched or not. ;-)

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...never liked winmx. files always seem to take to long and queued up. Chat was fun but.... lol

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It is quite contagious wherever you are. Once you start it is hard to stop LMAO Then again there is always Lime Wire

agree. since i started using p2p i am bying more cd's and dvd's. download a sh*t load of new stuff (or old) and if u like go buy them. many moons ago i would sit and listen to the radio and record shows. i would listen to the songs, edit and compile a tape. for free (just lots of time spent). if i liked it i would buy the artist tape or cd. same with friends that listened to my compelations. today i have confuzer, internet, nice sites. still takes time to search and sort. i might have had to much red wine, but it sounds like the same story to me, just differently written. ? but back then there was no one hunting down people copying from radios. or maybe that is the nice thing of staying in africa, daaark africa. mufasa! russia is nice for ip hosting. how bout africa then, or cuba or china. don't see spineless capitalist computer geeks (sorry, sure u know what i mean. big up to fellow p2p geeks! don't want millions of u protesting and stuff over what i said. i'm drunk. ;) ) bothering folks that is buzy fighting for freedom, smoking sigars, or worry if they should harvest more rise. the short of the long: network marketing. spread the word. if u like the word, buy the word. life is to short to try and blast things out of here. well, it is made shorter and hollow minded by doing that. :)

To tell you the truth, lately I've been buying up some very old vinyl albums at $2 each from a discontinued, used record cut-out bin from a discount store called 'Value Villa' in our area. I have a cheap turntable, and I've been transcribing these ancient TREASURES to music cd as of late. Most of these albums are very rare finds indeed, and date back to when I was just a mere kid some 472 years ago. :) I now have on CD, music albums that I never thought I would ever see or hear again as long as I lived - music that has been in my head forever, but unrealized for many many years until now. To say that I am mesmerized by the music and the reliving of memories I had when I used to listen to these albums, would be an understatement. Needless to say, these LPs never made the transition to commercial, retail cd. WARNE: Hi! I got your PM. I'll check with the admins on what you asked about. I myself can't name-change anything for you, but I'll hob-nob with the higher powers to see what can be done. - Mike - (Klingy)

hello klingy,i see ye are up and well and out of ye sick bed.. that great,stollery told us ye found out it was not the flu.. ireland

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(I never actually tried the Bit Torrent thing yet). P2P gets the job done fine

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To tell you the truth, lately I've been buying up some very old vinyl albums at $2 each from a discontinued, used record cut-out bin from a discount store called 'Value Villa' in our area. I have a cheap turntable, and I've been transcribing these ancient TREASURES to music cd as of late. Most of these albums are very rare finds indeed, and date back to when I was just a mere kid some 472 years ago. :)

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they close down 1 bittorrent site, 10 more come up in their place. thank the gods they aren't sending ppl to prison for having BT sites. Maybe they can keep all those murderers off the street but "omg r profits are down 3% this year it must be all those evil bt downloaders. lets pay off some politicians & get em"

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hello klingy,i see ye are up and well and out of ye sick bed..

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I like doing that with old tapes from the 70's & 80's which can't be heard nor seen of nowadays.. It's a luxury to be able to do and gives music a true value.

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