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TorrentBits.org and SuprNova.org Go Dark

Posted by michael on from the last-one-out-turn-off-the-lights dept.

Numerous people wrote in with similar stories: "Without providing a reason, both of these sites have shut down: SuprNova.org and TorrentBits.org." We mentioned a few days ago that the MPAA was going after Bittorrent sites.

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  1. As everybody should be able to figure out... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    Suprnova.org itself says:

    Greetings everybody, As you have probably noticed, we have often had downtimes. This was because it was so hard to keep this site up! But now we are sorry to inform you all, that SuprNova is closing down for good in the way that we all know it. We do not know if SuprNova is going to return, but it is certainly not going to be hosting any more torrent links. We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything. Thank you all that helped us, by donating mirrors or something else, by uploading and seeding files, by helping people out on IRC and on forum, by spreading the word about SuprNova.org. It is a sad day for all of us! Please visit SuprNova.org every once in a while to get the latest news on what is happening and if there is anything new to report on. As we wish to maintain the nice comunity that we created, we are keppig forums and irc servers open. Thank you all and Goodbye! sloncek & the rest of the SuprNova Team

  2. Re:who else? by aldoman · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think they are getting way too many members to cope with at the moment (with TB and suprnova going down). They got about 15,000 in 12 hours (went from 140,000 last night to 155,000 this morning when I checked).

    This is going to be a huge issue for all the new/small torrents sites - how do they work with the load that millions of new users demand?

    BTW: If you have an IRC client, you can join #bt, #bt-gm and #tvtorrents on efnet. #bt and #tvtorrents serves TV show torrents and #bt-gm serves torrents for games and movies.

    Since it's IRC it stands a somewhat better chance of surviving.

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  3. Re:Not only SN and TB by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Youceff is dead too, thanks to a raid by the French police. Phoenix torrents has killed itself.

    LokiTorrent is still around, but who knows for how long?

    Interestingly, Suprnova posted torrents for Firefox, Thunderbird and other legal software. They helped share the load for legal software developers, regardless of what warez was shared by their users.

    All these sites will be sorely missed by many.

  4. Re:who else? by YU+Nicks+NE+Way · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry, no. Slashdot tried to fight the scientologists, and found out Real Fast (TM) just how far that disclaimer's protection actually extended. The answer is "not very, even for documents arguably in the public domain".

  5. Update: it's not dead by cjsnell · · Score: 5, Informative


    According to efnet:#tvtorrents, they are just having DNS problems. Hopefully tvtorrents will recover!

  6. I Present: GTorrent by The+Real+Nem · · Score: 5, Informative
    Pic:
    GTorrent.png

    Download:
    GTorrent.zip
    .Net Framework v1.1

    It actually works quite well. Be sure to play with the options, the default timeout is set to one second (because when your searching ~50 links one second takes a long time) and may reject valid torrents.

    The program is witten in C# and the binaries and source are included. If you get an error when you run it you need the .NET Framework (link above).

    Also, for the love of god, be very gentle. My machine is very old and it's connection very poor.