Movie Studios 'Take Down' Popular KAT Mirror

Following the shut down of KickassTorrents website -- after its alleged owner was arrested, Hollywood studios are playing the game of cat and mouse with pirates to put an absolute end to KickassTorrents. An anonymous reader writes: One of the most popular KAT mirrors has had its domain name taken down following pressure from the major Hollywood studios. The Armenian .AM registry was quick to disable the KAT.am domain, after it received a stark warning from the Motion Picture Association, representing Hollywood's major studios. This notice requires you to immediately (within 24 hours) take effective measures to end and prevent further copyright infringement. All opportunities provided by the website to download, stream or otherwise obtain access to the entertainment content should be disabled permanently," MPA's email reads.As TorrentFreak reports, the takedown of kat.am domain isn't the end of the website. The publication spoke to the operator of the website, and learned that they were "making continuous" attempts to bring the website back -- utilizing the channels available. Kat.am is down already, but kickass.cd and kickass.mx mirros have since cropped up. Slashdot understands that Kickass torrent community is now back in action again, on a whole new domain.

Comments

Anything to steal someone else's work

[smooth wombat]

It's always fun to watch people justify why they can steal someone's work and not have to pay for it.

"I'm so poor I can't afford to pay $1 per song", says the person with a $600, or more, PC.

"Meh, I wouldn't have bought it anyway," says the person who now has the very product they wouldn't have bought.

"Greedy capitalists. I'm sticking it to you by stealing because you make too much!" says the person who demands they be paid what they think they're worth.

And on and on. Excuse after excuse, even trotting out, "People who steal software/music/movies buy more" despite the obvious contradiction of the statement.

Even the fallacy, "it's not stealing, it's sharing" as if the person intends to return the product.

But whatever. There's always excuse for everything. So long as you can justify it in your own mind, that's all that matters, right?

I guess when I steal something you've created and don't pay you for it I can justify it however I like, right?