Swedish trackers shuts down

[Bone.W.Machine]

Tracker shuts down! - Today 19:13
Dear Swebits members!

There have been many anxious days ago the district court's ruling was against The Pirate Bay.
Many Swedish trackers have chosen to close down completely by the concern that possibly be taken to court.
Of course, not these thoughts passed Swebits staff passed.

We have shared in the staff determined that due. the current uncertainty in providing a tracker in Sweden have chosen to fr.om today April 20 kl. 19.15, shut down the tracker on Swebits.org.

We have a great understanding of how users feel at this decision and we share that feeling full.
For us, this is a non-profit pet without vinstinstresse. All persons who are and have been involved in staff do this on their own leisure for your users' sake. The future and the future precedential rulings may determine whether torrenttrackers is viable in Sweden or not.


A small consolation in the darkness, however, is that other Swebits will continue as usual.

• The Forum is not affected
• All accounts will remain untouched and no one will be removed due. inactivity.


Swebits will in the near future also to launch some new fun things on the page that has been planned for a long time. What this will return us with.

At the same time, we want to now take this opportunity to ask users not to create a lot of unnecessary wires on the above decision of the Forum, but stick to the news wire: http://swebits.org/forum_trad.php?id=72378. No rules except those previously touched just tracker part is changing.


We hope you respect Staffs decision and that we be seen in the forum! ;)

/ StaffI used google translator to translate the announcement as I'm too lazy to translate it any better myself. :unsure:

Other swedish trackers that has also shut down are: Wolfbits, Powerbits, Piratebits, Nordicbits, Hyperbits and mp3nerd.

[mikehorner]

+ swepiracy, zinebytes

[mikeHD]

It's interesting to see all of these trackers closing down. What'll be more interesting is when trackers hosted in other countries realize that if the bastion of filesharing is no longer an Eden, they might want to take preventive measures as well.

I'd predict that this case will lead to more lawsuits and hundreds or thousands of voluntary tracker closings.

[Cabalo]

As long as TTi and SceneHD don't close, all is well.

PS: don't care about sweDVDR, as they only allow nordic IPs.

[sez]

This is fuckd!TPB is a public tracker.everyone knew who the owners were(including their home addresses)i think people should calm down,20th century and warner bros. don't give a crap what zinebytes is,TPB gets hits that run almost parallel to that of FB,thats who they want not zinebytes.but then again they may know better.i guess its what they wanted,seeing people play right into their script.just hope i dont lose my sceneHD coz of this..
anyone know of any good canadian trackers?

[ConkiZz]

These trackers closes to...

Wolfbits
Powerbits
Piratebits
Nordicbits
Hyperbits
mp3nerds
SWePiracy
hdbyte
SweBits
seedit.org

Now theres only two "BIG" swedish trackers left... TTi (<3<3<3!!!) and swedvdr (<3<3<3!!!)

[sez]

This is fuckd!TPB is a public tracker.everyone knew who the owners were(including their home addresses)i think people should calm down,20th century and warner bros. don't give a crap what zinebytes is,TPB gets hits that run almost parallel to that of FB,thats who they want not zinebytes.but then again they may know better.i guess its what they wanted,seeing people play right into their script.just hope i dont lose my sceneHD coz of this..
anyone know of any good canadian trackers?

wont b suprised to start seeing,donate for server costs and attorney fees

[mbewe]

anyone know of any good canadian trackers?

BitHq :D

[mikehorner]

As long as TTi and SceneHD don't close, all is well.

PS: don't care about sweDVDR, as they only allow nordic IPs.

Seems like SceneHD is shutting down too..

[ConkiZz]

As long as TTi and SceneHD don't close, all is well.

PS: don't care about sweDVDR, as they only allow nordic IPs.

Seems like SceneHD is shutting down too..
Yeah..

[internazionale 1908]

another page of p2p history is being made right now. This most probably will be notice world wide by the media, spreading a perspective that who uses bitorrent is in danger of being caught by police unless they stop.

[havij]

what about another countries?
http://www.kolobok.us/smiles/personal/comando.gif

[internazionale 1908]

each countries have theirs laws. However in European Union countries is not that simple. I have read that a new law of INTERNET is going to be discussed in the EU Parliament and for what it seems, is to restrict free use of her.

[Swift]

as if i care :|

[shipwreck]

Instead of shutting down completely, wouldn't it be better to move the server to a different location, provided that all of those trackers are hosted in Sweden, of course?

I do understand the concerns of their staff though, it's their arse on the line after all. I just think it's a pity that the lobby groups are getting exactly what they wanted, after this ridiculous first (not final!) verdict in the TPB case.

[JohnnieWalker]

Seems like SceneHD is shutting down too..


<~fish> it's a rumor

[chec]

shipwreck, i am sure that they are thinking what you are telling,move server to an another location.just give them time.they are in a serious situation.they are acting that how it should be

[shipwreck]

I see, thank you for the info. I am not on any of those trackers, so it does not concern me directly. However, I just hate to see trackers being closed / shut down, and the lobby groups 'winning' as a consequence.

[Squizzle]

Woah. :blink:

[chec]

Absolutly agree with you, about hating.
They couldn'tbuy their fifth yath, one not enough second island, maybe another chateau, etc...

[Squizzle]

http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-trackers-close-en-masse-after-pirate-bay-verdict-090420/

[Cabalo]

there's no news scenehd is closing.

[Mr Z]

Just hope TTi doesnt shut down. It has been my only tracker for years

[Cabalo]

it's one of my favs too.

[BlackKnight]

there's no news scenehd is closing.

no it's not. someone asked about it in forum and an admin said no :noes:

[sear]

Harsh.... :cry:

[Cabalo]

... and TL is hosted in sweden.

[Juno]

That sucks. They shouldnt give up... :(

[105802]

they should just ship out to russia nobody there gives a fuck

[Stellar]

Bad news, especially for those who use these trackers. But this event is definitely not a sign of the end times for bittorrent. Every time a tracker goes down a new one is born.

[shipwreck]

... and TL is hosted in sweden.

Nope.

[Hiccup]

And the battle continues on. We should all remember the mantra of the hydra, 10 (or a dozen) may go down, but at least 50 come up in their stead. This is only a minor blow.

[Stellar]

I was also remembering that trackers going offline en masse seems to be something that happens every year or so. People freak out and claim it's the end, but things just go back to normal eventually.

[TP635]

Why all the fear? TPB is still up and running. It will take more than what had happen to sink that ship.

[cinephilia]

... and TL is hosted in sweden.

Nope.

http://i41.tinypic.com/o8gua9.jpg

[oria]

Swebits died!!

[MiNiMAL]

Swbits :

Stängd Trackern är stängd! Så det går inte att hitta några torrents här längre. Gå till Hem

[mbewe]

Nope.

http://i41.tinypic.com/o8gua9.jpg


then what about SCC :blink:

[Cabalo]

http://i41.tinypic.com/o8gua9.jpg


then what about SCC :blink:
Malaysia

[shipwreck]

I won't go into details (first rule is: you don't talk about the tracker. Second rule is: you don't talk...), but just say that flagfox is not always reliable.

[cinephilia]

why flagfox would provide a fake ip ? :huh:

[b3owulf]

-delete-

[shipwreck]

No 'fake ip', just not absolutely reliable in determining the location of a server.

[b3owulf]

No 'fake ip', just not absolutely reliable in determining the location of a server.

You're right, my previous post is just FlagFox's info. And this plugin can't show you the right info if there are multiple IPs on the page (SCC's example). There are 3 IPs on SCC page, and one is Swedish, 2nd is from Malaysia, and 3rd is Canadian O_o AND WHICH ONE IS SERVERS IP?!??!

[ConkiZz]

Actually it IS hosted in sweden :O
After a website ping, and then a trace, it says it located in sweden.
Could never think of anything like that.

SCC is ALSO hosted in sweden ;O

[b3owulf]

Actually it IS hosted in sweden :O
After a website ping, and then a trace, it says it located in sweden.
Could never think of anything like that.

SCC is ALSO hosted in sweden ;O

Damn I forgot about good old tracert :D Thanx for reminding )))

[Roooney]

Damn, why do everyone close their trackers?

[myfranco]

I believe most of these which are well used by its members will move their servers to somewhere else.We'll hear those opened in the very near future one by one.

[shipwreck]

Actually it IS hosted in sweden :O
After a website ping, and then a trace, it says it located in sweden.
Could never think of anything like that.

SCC is ALSO hosted in sweden ;O

http://whois.domaintools.com/

Traceroute tool available there also (the last few hops are of interest).

[zelexir]

this is indeed very sad :cry:

I'm hoping to see some comebacks in the near future, but until then, anyone know of a site with swedish content that isn't closing down?

[shipwreck]

This is actually down to the implementation of EU policies, other EU countries have already passed similar bills years ago. The Swedes just seem to be in a 'shock' atm, since they were used to be a relatively 'safe haven' in these matters. And most importantly, the drastic, plain ridiculous first verdict in the TPB case has caused exactly what the lobby groups intended - unease, fear and sheer panic.

It will go away.

[kok1127]

TL is hosted in sweden.

[PACINO]

:(

[scoopex]

softmp3 is down too

[jasperr]

as if i care :|

Actually, not to start a heated debate over this... but, that's a pretty poor attitude to have. RIGHT NOW it may be only sweed trackers but, as i see it has major implications on the rest of the world, which includes YOU too! .. this is just the beginning many more trackers will go down for sure, and new trackers might not be appearing as was mentioned(with the "HYDRA" effect theory) .. with the TPB ruling, authorities will feel validated and will further pursue more and more.. The EU's recent views/laws are taking effect and more proposed to actually put limits on what you can do on the net is freakin shocking and wrong.. that's like telling a fat person they can't only eat 2 carrots and 3 green beans a day ..

Things are changing and it's NOT for the better.. just wait..

[Qlix]

SoftMP3 closed down, along with Swebits (the tracker part) this is a sad day for me... :/

[Bone.W.Machine]

Swedvdr's owner has decided to close the tracker in a week after receiving an e-mail from antipiratbyrån. :(

[jasperr]

antipiratbyrån??

havn't heard of this one.... but it's not surprising..

[shipwreck]

There is this lime-green, semi-public tracker with a userbase of a million or more. It's hosted in a country right next to uncle Putin, a country where the international content lobby mafia has yet to win a battle. So for all the Swedish siteops who are worried these days, and think about closing down their trackers, what about moving your servers to this land of milk and honey? Just a thought.

[LeBronJames]

First SweBits, then SoftMP3, now SweDVDR? When will it all end?! These admin are doing exactly what big media wanted, and this is a very sad time for torrenters everywhere...

[Mr Z]

swedvdr is going down too. only swedish topsite left is TTi

[Dretskol]

swedvdr is going down too. only swedish topsite left is TTi

Yes I just heard about Swedvdr, it's so sad! :cry:

[Cabalo]

and knowing the people at TTi as i know, don't count on them to be the only one standing alone in the crowd.
i hope i'm wrong, but i'm counting see TTi close the doors pretty soon.

[Philip]

Fuck, this has been a really really bad week.

Swedvdr and Swebits are gone :(

[eldiesel]

First SweBits, then SoftMP3, now SweDVDR? When will it all end?! These admin are doing exactly what big media wanted, and this is a very sad time for torrenters everywhere...

byyyyyyyyyye

[0Ri0N]

SweDVDR is still up!


2009-04-22 - Swedvdr's framtid

Flertalet svenska trackers bland annat Swedvdr har tagit emot hot ifrån Antipiratbyrån att torrent-verksamheten måste upphöra.
Då jag inte vill ha rättsliga processer mot mig kommer därför tyvärr Swedvdrs tracker och torrents försvinna inom en vecka.
Likt Swebits kommer sidan fortfarande vara uppe med bland annat forumet kvar. // soft Any sweden to translate please!!

im shocked since SweDVDr and TTi are included in my favorite trackers!! I don't want to be selfish and i understand their positions, perhaps i would do the same. We have lives besides Bittorrent and put it in jeopardize does not worth it.



Look at OiNK and EliteTorrents owners!

[Swift]

The only main concerne from all you guys would be what will happen to the owners ( jail , bail costs stuff like that ).

Hope they get easy time.

About the tracker I don't really care to be honest I wasn't a real fan of any of them

and SceneHD is up and running .

[scoopex]

google translate


Most Swedish trackers including Swedvdr has received threats from the Anti-Piracy Office of torrent activity must stop.
Since I do not want litigation against me will be sadly Swedvdrs tracker and torrents disappear within a week.
Like Swebits page will still be evident, including the Forum remains. / / Soft

[whisky]

If Sweden's BT scene is getting pwned so easily, just wait until the lawsuits are brought against other trackers, like Canada.

[Cabalo]

About TTi, it has been decided:

quote from Administrator:

It's been decided - http://www.tti.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=212153#p212153 (http://www.tti.nu/redir.php?url=http://www.tti.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=212153#p212153)

English translation: We'll stick around for yet a while until the sentence against TPB has been decided, and hopefully even longer!

[thegoodfight]

im really annoyed softmp3 has closed down...

[Roooney]

Swedvdr soon to be gone? Well that sucked.

[viskihjx]

Fuck we lost swedvdr

fuck

[jasperr]

most of you people need to stop freakin crying, you never had it/wanted it for content.... who are you guys kidding? be real at least..lmao

[mikeHD]

From what I've seen over the years from the outside, the Swedish BT community was strong and they shared a lot of subbed content, so I think these shutdowns deal a huge blow to their community.

[Roooney]

TTi will be gone aswell!

The future of TTi

All of us in Staff just came back from a 1 hour long meeting regarding the future of TTi. The meeting is now over and we have finally come to a conclusion.

From now on, TTi will only concentrate on bands/artists that want to spread their material on the Internet and waiting for a record contract. As you might have noticed, we have had our own music releases with bands that want to be spread around the Internet, hoping for a record label to spot them for quite some time. Because of all the turbulence and insecurity about whether it's okay to run a tracker or not, we have now decided to go full out on bands that want to be discovered through the Internet.

The forum will stay as normal. We know how much you like our forum, and we will do everything we can to keep up the awesome spirit that we have today. We will however make some small changes, all for the greater good.

More things will come up, but more info about that will come up later on.

We of course realize that many of you are disappointed about this suggestion, but we have decided that this is the best for the future of TTi, because closing down the site completely is something that will never happen. We hope that you will still hang around the site and help us out keeping the site as good as we have always been!

Best regards,
TTi Staff

[internazionale 1908]

I wasn´t expecting a decision like this by the TTi staff. however I respect her. Lets see what future will bring to TTi :(

[Sylar666]

Literally TTi is over. No more, no less.

[susiserken]

Its a sad sad day :(

[Cabalo]

yes, end of the road for TTi.
one of my all time favourites has closed.

/me logs out from TTi

[0Ri0N]

Will Sweden guys move to Norbits? What do you think? Norwegian is not a UE member.

[shipwreck]

Good bye Sweden.


:(

[manhunt007]

good luck to TTi one of my best trackers

[bilkenter]

though it is kinda sad, i wish TTI staff a good luck. I wouldnt want them to face jail time just because of my own selfish desires. Thanks for all the things, i appreciate the hard work.

[BlackKnight]

only some torrents left at TTi :(

is scenehd (my first private tracker) the only Swedish tracker left?

[torrentpoptarts]

Yeah that is so sad. TTi was one of my favorite trackers. =(

[nsk]

TTi :cry: one of my favourite trackers.

JOIN date2007-06-30 13:42:54 (94 weeks ago) (662.2 days) :wave:

[susiserken]

Will Sweden guys move to Norbits? What do you think? Norwegian is not a UE member.

Some might but also remember that norbits invites doesnt grow on trees, and they only hand out invites once or twice a year to good users :pinch:

[LOADER]

OMG
bad news :(

[Unstable1]

Well the Swedes have turned out to be a right bunch of pussies. lol

[Bone.W.Machine]

Well the Swedes have turned out to be a right bunch of pussies. lolThey have a reason to be pussies...

[deadalive1]

It's easy to talk smack about others when it is not your ass on the line.

[cinephilia]

is scenehd (my first private tracker) the only Swedish tracker left?
ScT is still alive :happy:

[bilkenter]

Well the Swedes have turned out to be a right bunch of pussies. lolThey have a reason to be pussies...


It's easy to talk smack about others when it is not your ass on the line.
+1 on those

edit: on the other hand, if it is only one year jail time, it can be bearable, yet noone can actually expect such a sacrifice from tracker owners staff et cetera.

[Unstable1]

Well the Swedes have turned out to be a right bunch of pussies. lolThey have a reason to be pussies...

No they don't. By that logic, pretty much all trackers should close as every country have anti-piracy laws.

[Sylar666]

@cinephilia:
SCT does NOT host from Sweden.

[Swift]

if this laws spread where f***ed

[bilkenter]

They have a reason to be pussies...

No they don't. By that logic, pretty much all trackers should close as every country have anti-piracy laws.
Yet not every country takes aggressive measures against staff owners et cetera just like they did to TPB in Sweden. I don't see Turkish government banning Turkish trackers and arresting owners et cetera. So even if every country has anti-piracy laws, not all of them implement it in a way that aims the total destruction of bt communities.

[cinephilia]

@cinephilia:
SCT does NOT host from Sweden.
i know but BlackKnight was talking about swedish trackers.

[Swift]

@cinephilia:
SCT does NOT host from Sweden.
i know but BlackKnight was talking about swedish trackers.

your right there : 4359 users are from Sweden

[shadow81]

SceneHD close down the tracker on 28th April.

[Bone.W.Machine]

They have a reason to be pussies...

No they don't. By that logic, pretty much all trackers should close as every country have anti-piracy laws.
Some anti-piracy laws are stricter than others.
IPRED happens to be one of the more stricter ones and it's also more different than any other anti-piracy law.

[gueriLLaPunK]

SceneHD close down the tracker on 28th April.

Just saw that... that sucks.

So far no news being posted on TL, SCC, and ScT. I doubt they will close down.

[Unstable1]

No they don't. By that logic, pretty much all trackers should close as every country have anti-piracy laws.
Some anti-piracy laws are stricter than others.
IPRED happens to be one of the more stricter ones and it's also more different than any other anti-piracy law.


Fair enough. But why can't they move servers to other countries and hand over running of the site to sysops based in more lenient countries? Why the need to close the sites? Surely there are alternatives?

[darksub]

They should move those servers to some countries that are not members of the fu*king European Eunion like Norway or Iceland. Also Moldova and Belarus seems a good place. Besides that there's always Africa left

[shipwreck]

if this laws spread where f***ed

What? Where have you been in the last few years? Almost every single country in the western hemisphere has similar anti-piracy laws, most of them even stricter than they are in Sweden.

It's just that the Swedes are not used to this, so they seem to panic a bit now. But still, I do believe that things will even out in the end, after the initial shock, especially after that first TPB verdict, is gone.

[DouglasQuaid]

SceneHD close down the tracker on 28th April.

Just saw that... that sucks.

So far no news being posted on TL, SCC, and ScT. I doubt they will close down.
TL is hosted in USA, ScT is germany, SCC is in Canada.
Im more worried about HDBits (sweden)

[Hiccup]

Wow, the EU sucks balls. A new Soviet Union is more like it.

Also, I'm very sad to see mp3nerds and softmp3 go. They were both very good, even if softmp3 stopped allowing others from around the world to access the site.

[Sylar666]

Last one falls too...sad day, indeed.

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-bittorrent-43/t-seems-like-last-one-falls-tooswedvdr-347121

[Quasit]

IPRED has nothing to do with this. IPRED is mainly about making it easier for the industry to get the name behind an IP address who's filesharing copyrighted material.
There wasn't any new law made to be able to convict TPB. This has to do with the fact that TPB got convicted with the laws Sweden has and that they probably won't win in when they appeal. APB (Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau), or well really the state, would also probably win against any other tracker like SweDVDR.

Saying someone is a pussy just because they don't want to get convicted is idiotic. People behind these trackers have lives too. Some might even have a family.

Have other countries really done so much against bittorrent sites? Only I can think of is EliteTorrents and Oink. Other sites have only been forced to shutdown or move. Nothing has been done against their admins and staff.

You can just move something outside Sweden and think you're ok. You'd have to have someone else running the site for you. Staff and admins could probably not be Swedes either.

[shipwreck]

It's the lobby groups that have managed to heavily influence all filesharing / "piracy" related decisions in the last few years, not just in the EU.

But it's not like it can't be reversed, if there is a political will, and enough people willing to support it. These "anti-piracy" laws are just one aspect of the out-of-control surveillance and tracking delusion, the 1984-like erosion of civil liberties. Something needs to be done about this, and the more people are affected by it, the more likely it is that it will.



Have other contries really done so much against bittorrent sites? Only I can think of is EliteTorrents and Oink. Other sites have only been forced to shutdown or move. Nothing has been done against their admins and staff.

edonkey / emule indexing sites, e.g. ShareReactor? What's the difference?

[Dretskol]

Just saw that... that sucks.

So far no news being posted on TL, SCC, and ScT. I doubt they will close down.
TL is hosted in USA, ScT is germany, SCC is in Canada.
Im more worried about HDBits (sweden)

You have no reasons to be worried, HDBits is NOT hosted in Sweden.

[Sylar666]

Lobby groups reached their short -term goals: they created fear, confusion, and perplexity. Nobody wants to take the risk, not giving away even the slightest chance to get busted and pinched. Which is fair enough. Still, the battle might have been won, but the war is far from over! Go Pirates!

[willsmith099]

scenehd is closing on 28th

[shipwreck]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8I4zFSipKs

[Roooney]

I belive these trackers will be up and running again someday. We just have to wait until TPB case is finished, and if they win that case everything will be normal again.

[Paracetamol]

I belive these trackers will be up and running again someday. We just have to wait until TPB case is finished, and if they win that case everything will be normal again.

It's hard to go back to anything resembling "normal" after this epic shitstorm of site closings and fearmongering. They might return, but they'll never be the same.

[Sylar666]

I belive these trackers will be up and running again someday. We just have to wait until TPB case is finished, and if they win that case everything will be normal again.
I don't share Your optimism. Bittorent will be done within 2 years (give 1-2 years up and down). I reckon technology will evolve. New, more secure solutions will prevail. We're gonna smash the bastards, eventually.

[bilkenter]

I belive these trackers will be up and running again someday. We just have to wait until TPB case is finished, and if they win that case everything will be normal again.
I don't share Your optimism. Bittorent will be done within 2 years (give 1-2 years up and down). I reckon technology will evolve. New, more secure solutions will prevail. We're gonna smash the bastards, eventually.
I dont share that optimism either, with this going, more and more sites will be closed. Yet filesharing will continue, at worst, we would be using mirc as a download solution. But it will continue, there is just no way, they can actually completely stop piracy. They can only stop it being so widespread.