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TorrentSpy Decides to Close Permanently

By soulxtc

Once the world's most popular BitTorrent tracker site, it's now gone for good. I can't say that it wasn't a big surprise to find out today that TorrentSpy had decided to close its doors permanently, for once it began "blocking" US visitors the handwriting was virtually written on the wall. Once one of the world's most popular BitTorrent tracker sites, it's now relegated to the dustbin of history like EliteTorrents and other now defunct sites. To quickly recap, it was back in 2006 that the MPAA accused TorrentSpy in a lawsuit of encouraging movie piracy. A federal judge then ordered the company last June to begin creating server data logs for the MPAA to track visitors to the site.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).