EliteTorrents.org

[ellis101]

elite torrents have updated their max of user database to 100k so their are loads of spaces

[IronRanger]

Yep, went from 90,000 to 100,000...sent my sister to sign-up this morning. Word travels fast.

[ziggyjuarez]

that sites registration is a bitch to complete...

[Formula1]

well lets just hope the new users dont leech, and the site doesnt slow down... ;)

[Spicker]

well lets just hope the new users dont leech, and the site doesnt slow down... ;)
yea thats the first thing that came to my mind... :cool2:

[gildan2020]

dun have to worry bout leechers...there's always the ratio system to punish them


gildan2020

[shyman]

dun have to worry bout leechers...there's always the ratio system to punish them


gildan2020

I'm disappointing about ET now...

speeds are lower, much less torrents....

I found torrentbytes is really fast tracker, you can get real good speed even there are few seeders, there was about 20 seeders&20 leechers downloading "Cossacks2" today, and I get it with the 800kBps(~6.5Mbit) average speed
:)

[the mighty tearlezz]

Slow speed at ET?no i never ever had a issue downloading from ET always top speed completing 4GB files in less than 8hours.I love ET there the best new torrents fast no waiting times at least for me.

[shyman]

Slow speed at ET?no i never ever had a issue downloading from ET always top speed completing 4GB files in less than 8hours.I love ET there the best new torrents fast no waiting times at least for me.


I didn't say it's slow... I said it's slower now, than it was before...

some time ago I could reach about 500-600kB/s, now I get only 250-300kB/s... but it's fast enough, I think...

[Voetsek]

sign ups closed invites removed I lost 5

[sameer0807]

sign ups closed
wow that was fast

[javpc]

sign ups closed invites removed I lost 5

That's a shame.. I have heard great things about it and was looking forward to give it a try.

[maebach]

that sucks

[scottfree]

it didn't take long..

[Pulse.v2]

im so fucking pissed i missed out!

i used to be a member i had downloaded 1 torrent and then switched off my pc to watch some t.v and then my brother used it for a few days, when i got back i was banned... TBH i think that system sucks!

[Stanners]

When I have more invites will post in the invite section!

[Josh]

I noticed elitetorrents is down does anybody what happened i know early on like 8 hours ago they had a message about star wars fans crashing DB becuase of the VISA release of the film is this whysite is down do you think site crashed cos of the tracker overload ??????????????? anyone got any news or info

[dodgy368]

ET are regularly working on their tracker and also suffering cos not enough bandwidth, Star Wars probably did crash their site, it's been up and down all day.

[Josh]

yeh its up agen right now :S its crazy all this star wars stuff thosands are on the torrent for it unlike pisexy where not even a 1,000 i dont think

[dodgy368]

Better than filelist, they didn't even have the torrent this afternoon!:w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

[matt526]

ET had about 3000 people hit it for starwars III almost all at once, that had to hurt :frusty:
Im sure it will be back up just as soon as all the Star War's geeks get there there fix :w00t:

[Voetsek]

Still there just comes and goes

[Formula1]

Yeah, the admins/moderators at the ET forum, said that amount of users on the star wars episode 3 tracker crashed the site lol. Next time they should limit the users on one torrent, or upload atleast 2 different trackers for the star wars 3.

[jimmy23]

Its up and running, they had a huge and unexpected surge from SW3.

[shanky]

SO have you guys gone to elite today? What's up with that?!

Scary

[Evil Fish]

the fbi shut 'em down. sucks.

[shanky]

Think users are in trouble?

[MCHeshPants420]

Shut down by the FBI according to their page. Perhaps it is a joke, perhaps not.

[MCHeshPants420]

Ah, maybe it's been hacked. Scroll down the page and highlight you get:

"RTJKJAS"

[harrycary]

Think users are in trouble?
Yeah, I was wondering that as well.

I guess it depends on whether they want to research their logs and go through the trouble of identifying users' IPs and then tracking them down.

In reality, I suspect they won't do this but instead go after the operators of the site with the clear intent on scaring us users.

In the mean time I have stopped seeding any files related to the site just to in case they're monitoring and/or logging IPs.

peace

[reaktor]

I dont know how much effort it would really take from the FBI since they practically have infinite resources. What I'm very worried about was this morning they were up so I continued seeding a movie.

During my day here at work I get a bit bored so I'll check their site and see if any cool new files were added, low and behold to get the red page of death. I'm now paranoid because all that time since like 6am my stuff was uploading heh.

[{I}{K}{E}]

OMGWTFBBQ !!!

:lol:

[JREWING]

http://www.feel1ng.com/4518771.htm


Check it out Rofl........................ :lol:

[tops31]

Like posted by MCHeshPants420 when you highlight the bottem of the page (the text is in red so you cant see it without dragging your mouse over it) you find a sig "RTJKJAS"
Does the FBI use sigs like this?

[JREWING]

All attempts to reach the forum page are greeted with a message from the FBI and the ICE, alerting users of the closure of the site.

Long-term administrator, and short-term gigalo, SithLord has announced that all users are to immediately format or face possible jail time, fines, or ROFLMAO's.

Other users of the site have speculated that the website has in fact been hacked, and the warning message is a joke. Sif.

A hidden message, possibly a device similar to the pi symbol in the movie 'The Net', states the word RTJKJAS. This is to be interpreted as the arrival of the record industry into our very thoughts and minds. I for one welcome our new record industry overlords.

[RealitY]

Ah, maybe it's been hacked. Scroll down the page and highlight you get:

"RTJKJAS"
Who has those initials...
:lookaroun :lookaroun

[DanB]

I feel cheated, I just get a message saying its not available on that server :lol:

[BawA]

any one know of ET irc channel address?
mybe there will be some info, and i dont think MPAA done this, if they could this they would done it long time ago when TB and other sites went down.

edit:

* Now talking in #elitetorrents
* Topic is 'Site: Down | Tracker: Up | Forums: Down | Radio: OFF | News : Site will be up when it's fixed. Stop asking.'
* Set by [email protected] on Wed May 25 09:35:20

[JREWING]

(18:15:21) (@a-plipp) Gathering stats for EliteTorrents... Please wait...
(18:15:21) (@a-plipp) Failed to connect to tracker!
(18:15:22) (@xpc1) lol
(18:15:31) (+Pr0phecY) bugger
(18:15:37) (+phobic) wonder what the situation is with pornbits..


NEWS!!! From Irc: (18:27:40) —› join: (LonelyMnd) ([email protected])
(18:27:44) —› topic: (SithLord) changes topic to (Site Status : Down : ET Was DNS Hacked)

[tops31]

Thanks for that update

[BawA]

if the site was hacked then it will probably be back up soon...

[DanB]

Unless they (the hax0rs) are holding their files to ransom :ohmy:

[magnimo]

/removed


English only

[RealitY]

EliteTorrents.org Hacked

The BitTorrent community has seen its fair share of indexing sites go offline - whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Sites like LokiTorrent, UK-Torrents, s0nikfreak, TVTorrents and YouceffTorrents have all either fallen under the weight of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America.) Today, it appeared another website has fallen, EliteTorrents.org.

The homepage of this website was replaced with a permanent shutdown notice, purportedly announced by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and U.S. Customs. The FBI is under the United States Department of Justice, while U.S. Customs is under the Department of Homeland Security.

EliteTorrents.org is hosted in the United States, however the owner lives in the Netherlands. The involvement of both departments would seem logical, considering the geographical coverage of the torrent site.

However, while one’s initial reaction may lead an individual to believe EliteTorrents.org is under a criminal investigation, further examination challenges this thought.

1) The neither FBI nor U.S. Customs has never directly or exclusively shut down any torrent site. All site closures have been the result of an MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) action or investigation.

2) An odd message on the bottom right of EliteTorrents.org states “RTJKAS.” This message only appears when the page is highlighted.

3) The topic message on EliteTorrent.org IRC channel states, “Topic is 'Site: Down | Tracker: Up | Forums: Down | Radio: OFF | News : Site will be up when it's fixed. Stop asking.'”

4) The topic message on thier IRC channel now states, "Latest news:ET Was DNS Hacked (sithlord.)"

From the evidence presented, in all likely circumstances this is an elaborate hack, followed by an equally elaborate hoax. In fact the job is so elaborate, if one does an IP/Domain name trace, it ultimately ends at www.dhs.gov (Department of Homeland Security.) Incidentally, this sophisticated portion of this current circumstance is the only real counter-evidence to suggest that it may in fact be a true enforcement action. Slyck.com has contacted the FBI newsroom and awaits confirmation or denial of this situation.
Source: Slyck

[reaktor]

Call me retarted and all but isnt contacting the FBI asking if they shutdown my torrent site that I use for pirating kinda dumb? I mean say they didnt and it is a hoax, prolly wouldnt be long before they shut it down. Feels like asking a cop, sorry mr officer sir, did you happen to take my cocaine?

Maybe its me who knows lol

[McStabhappy]

the site would have looked better if the fbi shut it down

[punk1234]

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/starwars052505.htm

:(

[ulrick]

I have a feeling the site will be back at one time or another.

[Formula1]

OMFG... let us all mourn the fall of ET :cry: :cry: . I have a hunch this is a joke, because i read some where that ET is out of the jurisdiction of the US.

http://elitetorrents.org/

[bobster42]

On the elitetorrents site, there is a big red site now claiming the FBi busted them and anyone using it is in trouble. Is this true?

[cellardoor]

http://www.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel05/bittorrent052505.htm

[reaktor]

they act like they lose so much money when in reality, people using sites like that have absolutely no plan on buying the software/movie, etc anyway. I cant necessarily blame them, I'd hate to have my hard work stolen too, but part of the fault is because of the MPAA and RIAA. They should try to protect their own stuff, like computer games and such. They should assume the full responsibility of their own wares.

Its like trying to say you broke the law because you downloaded a tv episode. When its perfectly legal to use tivo or record it on a vcr for later viewing. heh

[lee551]

http://www.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel05/bittorrent052505.htm


do i trust slyck, or fbi.gov..... :ermm:

[RPerry]

Well, guess we can blame Yoda for this :dry: Is this the first time that anyone knows of that Us Immigration was involved in a site shutdown

[DanB]

So do I stop seeding Star Wars or what? :lol:

[KillerJupe]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/25/movie.downloading.ap/index.html

yes stop seeding... iam sure all the ip's have been logged and alot of ppl can expect letters from the fucking mpaa gah... how gay... it will just move somewhere else!

[HCT]

why is immigration involve in this?

[RPerry]

why is immigration involve in this?

good question. I think they have used their power to somehow get involved in an Tracker that was based in the US, but the site owner was from the NL

edit - to those of you who belonged to ET, some familiar faces can be found from the link in my sig ;)

[Wallace_Askew]

Another one bites the dust :frusty:

[ziggyjuarez]

Good thing i only used that site 1or2 times.So is it real or not.

[4play]

I take it there are a few spare invites now then :P

this is bad news that was a very decent site.

[RPerry]

Good thing i only used that site 1or2 times.So is it real or not.

According to the US Government, its real :(

[DanB]

not good :(

[RPerry]

not good :(

Well, quite honestly, with the release of Star Wars III revenge of the sith, we had to know this was coming.

[Rick Phlegm]

How come it's always when I get up to a decent ratio that the site gets shut down? :(

[DanB]

not good :(

Well, quite honestly, with the release of Star Wars III revenge of the sith, we had to know this was coming.

Which I was still flipping seeding when the raid took place :pinch:

[RealitY]

Main story up to date now...
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/showthread.php?t=96153

[cpt_azad]

damnit to hell, what can they do (MPAA, FBI, etc.) to ppl that belonged to that site that were from Canada?

[Spicker]

This SUX BALLZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

et was AMAZING! cant belive its gone..

[twister]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

DAMN i was at like 100 gbs uploaded

[dudevenezuela]

Come ppl they can't beat us let's find other torrents sites and hope new ones appears...

while others are dying others are borning

[Monkeee]

oh shit what about the users of ET!?

[Adster]

oh shit what about the users of ET!?

your all fucked run and hide format your drives everyone!!!

[RPerry]

oh shit what about the users of ET!?

your all fucked run and hide format your drives everyone!!!

Yeah, lets all panic :rolleyes:

[reaktor]

and whats ironic, is they prolly make more money suing the owners of these sites then they lose. They keep identifying this sort of activity as a monetary loss, however, its money they never had (and never will, people dont pirate for no reason) So the revenue generated from the lawsuits is more money then they would have had if people didnt even pirate

[Adster]

whos that knocking on my door??

there here there here!!!

[sameer0807]

the site would have looked better if the fbi shut it down
thats what i thought! Right now its just looking ugly...

[Monkeee]

your all fucked run and hide format your drives everyone!!!

Yeah, lets all panic :rolleyes:

O GAWD I"M PANICING!!! TELL ME SOMETHING THAT WILL COMFORT ME!!!:lookaroun

[MCHeshPants420]

Yeah, lets all panic :rolleyes:

O GAWD I"M PANICING!!! TELL ME SOMETHING THAT WILL COMFORT ME!!!:lookaroun

Seppuku.

[sameer0807]

another great site gone.....bad news to start off my day!

[suprafreak6]

AHHHHHHHH IM FU**ING MAD! it was a pretty decent site but i havnt even seeded or downloaded from there in like 2 weeks or so

[asmithz]

AHHHHHHHH IM FU**ING MAD! it was a pretty decent site but i havnt even seeded or downloaded from there in like 2 weeks or so

It was a waste of my bandwidth now. :rolleyes:

[Wallace_Askew]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7982008/

If there is any doubt this is real....here is the AP story

[Adster]

you know the funny thing was jus yesterday i was looking at ET and the site said dont worry where still here

then re directed me

[Rip The Jacker]

That sucks. :(

Ewww red backround with black text? Stupid FBI.

[sameer0807]

You know what caused ET to shut down...Its the damn star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith movie, which was available through EliteTorrents six hours before its first showing in theaters...This obviously drove these peeps nuts...and look whats the end result now!

[asmithz]

That sucks. :(

Ewww red backround with black text? Stupid FBI.

Haha, it hurts my eyes.

[Adster]

what drove it out what it was hosting in the US

[jcg1545]

FBI sucks,
go catch some terrorists

[sameer0807]

FBI sucks,
go catch some terrorists

that they cant do....so thought of doing something easy..

[Monkeee]

what does RTJKJAS mean? if you go to the bottem of elitetorrents and highlight it, the letters "RTJKJAS" is there.

[LunatikV]

i never got the fbi page... just said that the domain was up for grabs now...

damn it was working this morning to... how funny is that!

good site to.... that suxs...

[4play]

what does RTJKJAS mean? if you go to the bottem of elitetorrents and highlight it, the letters "RTJKJAS" is there.

i never actually saw the page but i was told it was probably just put in there to help spacing and the layout of the site.

which seems to have been rushed together using frontpage, god knows why they never leeched themselves a copy of dreamweaver before they closed down ET.

[asmithz]

probably just put in there to help spacing and the layout of the site.

which seems to have been rushed together using frontpage, god knows why they never leeched themselves a copy of dreamweaver before they closed down ET.

AHhahaha :lol: They could have

[sameer0807]

what does RTJKJAS mean? if you go to the bottem of elitetorrents and highlight it, the letters "RTJKJAS" is there.

god knows why they never leeched themselves a copy of dreamweaver before they closed down ET.
lol....they sure don't have any professional web designer...right now the page is looking piece of shit!

[4play]

anyone else download the video of why they shutdown ET

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/multimedia/clip0035.avi
this video is about 80mb for a 1 min clip with no sound. it seems they not only lack any decent web designers but also lack basic knowledge for video encoding as well.

[jetje]

Well it's a bit the same as a half year ago, no biggie... everything will be normal in a few days...

Only thing these organisations try to do, is scare people off. Every single user not dl music or movie is a possible >$10,- extra for the industry, and with that these organisations try to prove to their 'sponsors' they have a right to be paid, cause they're so succesfull.... ;)

[asmithz]

anyone else download the video of why they shutdown ET

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/multimedia/clip0035.avi
this video is about 80mb for a 1 min clip with no sound. it seems they not only lack any decent web designers but also lack basic knowledge for video encoding as well.

Thats a scary video to watch. Its so small because of framerate. :dry:

[spirex]

Anyone noticed that the clip that they play is actually the trailer.

[Voetsek]

Shame but the bay has the same stuff and no sign up lucky i never got star wars from them

[BawA]

hmm looks like its official now(kinda late i am, came from work).
time to find some another Alt, probably TB2(am already reged but didnt download much)
one thing i didnt get it, wasnt ET aware that servers in USA can be shutdown so easly... even after seeing many major BT sites going down, why they didnt TRFed thier server to non-US based regions.
damn, with 128kb up speed i manged to upload arround 41Gb and it went down exactly like Torrentbits where i was near 50gb.
anyway..

MPAA, FBI and U.S. Customs Shut Down EliteTorrents
May 25, 2005
Thomas Mennecke


Earlier reports discussing EliteTorrents.org have been confirmed to be an enforcement action taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This morning, all indications dictated the situation was not an enforcement action, considering the amateurish violation notice coupled with the official word from EliteTorrents’ administration stating they were DNS hacked.

Although the violations notice visually unimpressive, this would turn out to be part of an overall enforcement action by the MPAA, FBI and ICE. When visiting the site, one is confronted with the following notification:

"This Site [EliteTorrents.org] has been permanently shut down by the Federal bureau of Investigation and U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement"

"The individuals involved in the operation and use of Elite Torrents network are under investigation for criminal copyright infringement"

These are very serious words, especially when using the term "...and use..." to imply users may vulnerable to criminal charges. According to the FBI press release, 10 search warrants have been issued against leading members of EliteTorrents.org.

"This morning, agents of the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed 10 search warrants across the United States against leading members of a technologically sophisticated P2P network known as Elite Torrents. Employing technology known as BitTorrent, the Elite Torrents network attracted more than 133,000 members and, in the last four months, allegedly facilitated the illegal distribution of more than 17,800 titles-including movies and software-which were downloaded 2.1 million times. "

The press release also explains why the administration of EliteTorrents initially believed this was the result of a DNS hack.

"In addition to executing 10 warrants, federal agents also took control of the main server that coordinated all file-sharing activity on the Elite Torrents network."

In the MPAA's press release, the organization was adamant about ridding the Internet of EliteTorrents.org, due to the fact it helped proliferate "Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith." Star Wars' prerelease had the MPAA extremely frustrated, and vowed to pursue those distributing the movie. It appears the MPAA made good on that promise.

"Carrying out what is known as Operation D-Elite, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed search warrants against prominent members in Elite Torrents’ membership," said Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) President and CEO Dan Glickman. "Elite Torrents was one of the first peer to peer networks to post an illegal copy of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith before the movie officially opened in theaters last Thursday."

The FBI press release expands on the MPAA's philosophy, "For example, the final entry in the Star Wars series, "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," was available for downloading on the network more than six hours before it was first shown in theatres. In the next 24 hours, it was downloaded more than 10,000 times."

This situation remains fluid, as the extent of the FBI and U.S. Custom enforcement is unclear. For now, only the administration is looking at criminal charges, however the implied possibility against users remains real.

[{I}{K}{E}]

thats old news bawa :wacko:

[BawA]

thats old news bawa :wacko:
if u read my post i said i just came back from work and it may be old news.
and u guys say i ignor rest of the details.

edit:
Slyck

Okay.. the status...
ET ain't coming back.. ever...

Duffman and G we're arrested, and Krylon and root are waiting if they too are going to be arrested.

For the rest it are the big (US) uploaders who will get arrested... we'll see in the future...

Anyways, there are enough other sites where U can get the torrents so..

looks like MPAA had Pisexy big time:

2005-05-26 - Just a heads up -- anyone uploading a Star Wars episode 3 torrent (of any kind) will lose their uploads and get a warning as of 05/26/05.

[skydogg88]

Believe me i know im gonna sound real naive on this one, but how exactly are they gonna catch people who where using the site? and of course is that limited to only americans or does the long arm of the law extend to the rest of us as well?

[x86kila]

You know what caused ET to shut down...Its the damn star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith movie, which was available through EliteTorrents six hours before its first showing in theaters...This obviously drove these peeps nuts...and look whats the end result now!


funny they didn't care about the distribution of Mindhunters over 1.5 years in advance :lol:

[BawA]

hey guys what Alternative u use, i mean which site is better for 0-day(fast release).
so far i have TB2 and Pisexy accounts.

[lo31122]

pleaze one min. of silence in memmory of elite torrents


thanks to all u people in ET for doing a good job

peace

[sad one]

well they got elite ppl , they closed them down today , this is a very sad day for all who used there fantastic site . i just hope those guys get together again , lets all help all we can with updates about them & donations

[podgey]

et was an amazing site, just remember what happened to uk-torrents ;)

[{I}{K}{E}]

hey guys what Alternative u use, i mean which site is better for 0-day(fast release).
so far i have TB2 and Pisexy accounts.

FileList and TorrentBytes are good alternatives.

[RealitY]

Anyone noticed that the clip that they play is actually the trailer.
Thats rather funny if so as Ive never even seen the trailer. It would make sence though as they never even get the torrent or open a client. However I think its just intended to be a very strong message and withouht narration makes it even more so perhaps...

[rocco69er]

this site is dead now . been closed down.

[gildan2020]

:( there goes another of my favourite site


gildan2020

[Screenager]

:cry: I can't believe that ET has gone :( . Many thanks go out to all the staff there for making it such a wonderful site, and I hope that none of them are going to get into too muc trouble from the MPAA and FBI.

ET was a thriving community, and I will miss all the people there. The staff were even thinking of producing ET merchandise. It looks like I am never now going to own an Elite Torrents T-shirt :cry:

Thanks again

[Josh]

Rest in Peace EliteTorrents we will get our own back dont worry

[Oddish]

Wow, I didn't realize the authorities in the US taunted the citizens like that. That's ridiculous behaviour coming from the government/state. That shit wouldn't fly in most countries.

[b1gg13man]

what is wierd is I was reading on there forums 2 days ago and came across an admin saying that ET servers were in swizterland or somewhere and not to worry there servers can't be messed with. I read the FBI website pertaining to the arrest and none of the arrest nor investigation dealt with overseas. Was ET lying to there members and themselves thinking it was ok to have there HQ in the states?

[dodgy368]

DAMN!!!


ET was my favourite site, was the first thing I logged into when I switched my pc on, really gonna miss them.:( :( :(







Just watch the speeds go up on piesexy and filelist!:D

[sArA]

I just hope they don't get hit too. :unsure:

[RPerry]

I just hope they don't get hit too. :unsure:

I don't think so, atleast not with whats going on with ET. Et is being said to be the first site with the workprint of SWIII. I don't know if thats true or not, but thats why its a criminal case at this point. I think the criminal case has to run its course before a civil case is filed :unsure:

[hal0]

I just hope they don't get hit too. :unsure:

I don't think so, atleast not with whats going on with ET. Et is being said to be the first site with the workprint of SWIII. I don't know if thats true or not, but thats why its a criminal case at this point. I think the criminal case has to run its course before a civil case is filed :unsure:

yes, thats typical procedure.

[bengalsdorf]

EliteTorrents is closed

THIS SITE





HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN BY
THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND
U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT



Individuals involved in the operation and use of
the Elite Torrents network are under investigation
for criminal copyright infringement







It is unlawful to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material, such as movies, music,
software or games, without authorization - even when done for free over the Internet.
Individuals who willfully distribute or download copyrighted material risk criminal
prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 2319. First-time offenders convicted of criminal felony
copyright laws will face up to five years in federal prison, restitution, forfeiture and a fine.

[sameer0807]

I'll miss ET.........
time to find another good site!

[Oddish]

EliteTorrents is closedReally? I hadn't noticed.

[Monkeee]

does anyone know where Torrentbytes or Filelist's server is located at? I wanna dl from a site thats out of the jurisdiction of MPAA or FBI ><

[silent h3ro]

what is wierd is I was reading on there forums 2 days ago and came across an admin saying that ET servers were in swizterland or somewhere and not to worry there servers can't be messed with. I read the FBI website pertaining to the arrest and none of the arrest nor investigation dealt with overseas. Was ET lying to there members and themselves thinking it was ok to have there HQ in the states?Well we won't know now... :dry:

[ibdopeness]

If I was a member of ET what should I do, will they go after me or am I safe??? I''ll miss ET it wasw a great site too bad they killed it!!! :ph34r:

[ibdopeness]

I just hope they don't get hit too. :unsure:

I don't think so, atleast not with whats going on with ET. Et is being said to be the first site with the workprint of SWIII. I don't know if thats true or not, but thats why its a criminal case at this point. I think the criminal case has to run its course before a civil case is filed :unsure:


That's complete BullSh*t cause I say it first on Torrentbytes but it was promptly removed I think for this very reason.

[sameer0807]

does anyone know where Torrentbytes or Filelist's server is located at? I wanna dl from a site thats out of the jurisdiction of MPAA or FBI ><
I would like to know that too...

[ibdopeness]

does anyone know where Torrentbytes or Filelist's server is located at? I wanna dl from a site thats out of the jurisdiction of MPAA or FBI ><
I would like to know that too...

I Agree totally and completely with you!

[suprafreak6]

hmm what if we had a host in some country with not as many federal laws, then we could have all the torrents we want muahauuahhauhua lol

[lee551]

well torrentbytes is being brave: Star.Wars.Episode.III.Revenge.of.the.Sith.RERIP.TC.SVCD-TUN

:01: i would have thought with notes like this on other sites, there would be no star wars 3 on any torrent sites:


2005-05-26 - Just a heads up -- anyone uploading a Star Wars episode 3 torrent (of any kind) will lose their uploads and get a warning as of 05/26/05. -from pisexy.org

[sameer0807]

So what now? Which torrent site will be next big thing? Where's the traffic going now?

[{I}{K}{E}]

So what now? Which torrent site will be next big thing? Where's the traffic going now?

try Newsgroups ;)




me already posted: check out FL and TB ;) ( dont ask what that means, just check my old post )

[silent h3ro]

So what now? Which torrent site will be next big thing? Where's the traffic going now?

try Newsgroups ;) Unfortunately not everyone can afford newsgroups. :frusty:

[sameer0807]

try Newsgroups ;) Unfortunately not everyone can afford newsgroups. :frusty:
what do you mean? I'm using News Group right now as suggested by {I}{K}{E} and downloading bunch of xbox games......You mean cost for having a good internet connection? ADSL or Cable?

[{I}{K}{E}]

Unfortunately not everyone can afford newsgroups. :frusty:
what do you mean? I'm using News Group right now as suggested by {I}{K}{E} and downloading bunch of xbox games......You mean cost for having a good internet connection? ADSL or Cable?

offtopic: for a good retention you need a payserver ;)

[mogadishu]

ontopic: Elitetorrents was a great, site - superfast, good releases. But what did they expect would happen with their server located in the US. I don't know the details, but if they were in fact the first to service Episode 3, thats pretty stupid. Leave it to a torrent site it another country.

But really, the weirdest thing about all this is the fbi page. Its obviously for real cus of the release on the fbi pages.. neither the page itself or the process is very professional. That website looks like the entrance to a 5 year olds homepage saying "girls keep out" or something...

http://img263.echo.cx/img263/5428/elitetorrents2ej.th.jpg (http://img263.echo.cx/my.php?image=elitetorrents2ej.jpg)

[Skydragon]

HOLY...I'm shocked that happened. I hope they don't close down tb.

[BawA]

ontopic: Elitetorrents was a great, site - superfast, good releases. But what did they expect would happen with their server located in the US.

thats what ive been saying but i guess ET didnt knew that US can invate a country in the name of freedom but cant cant give thier own people a lil bit freedom to share what they got.

Edit:
looks like the issue got some international attention.
here is a scaned page of daily paper,
http://img287.echo.cx/img287/114/et7days2ki.th.jpg (http://img287.echo.cx/my.php?image=et7days2ki.jpg)

[sameer0807]

Edit:
looks like the issue got some international attention.
here is a scaned page of daily paper,
that's scary...being ex member of that site.

[Formula1]

man, i'll miss ET. Now there is nothing for me to download or upload 24/7 :(

[Formula1]

is their servers located in the USA...?

[Naebaws]

to be completely honest i have no idea

[b1gg13man]

I hope someone keeps us up to date with the owners and members of ET, I would hate to hear them get into alot of trouble over this.

I only used ET and now having no other choice but to find others, I have found nothing compares to ET. Sad day for torrents.

[b1gg13man]

is their servers located in the USA...?


They claimed there servers were not in the US, but according to the FBI report they were and so was the owners.

[{I}{K}{E}]

is their servers located in the USA...?


They claimed there servers were not in the US, but according to the FBI report they were and so was the owners.

I thought it was a dutch guy who was the owner, why else would they need 'U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS' :huh:

[b1gg13man]

They claimed there servers were not in the US, but according to the FBI report they were and so was the owners.

I thought it was a dutch guy who was the owner, why else would they need 'U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS' :huh:

I caught that too, but it said 10 warrents were issued throughout 10 states and said they confiscated there main admin pc. Not once did it mention anything over seas. Interesting....

[sameer0807]

is their servers located in the USA...?
Yes

[HCT]

I thought it was a dutch guy who was the owner, why else would they need 'U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS' :huh:

I caught that too, but it said 10 warrents were issued throughout 10 states and said they confiscated there main admin pc. Not once did it mention anything over seas. Interesting....

maybe they are immigrants and are getting deported:(

[sameer0807]

I caught that too, but it said 10 warrents were issued throughout 10 states and said they confiscated there main admin pc. Not once did it mention anything over seas. Interesting....

maybe they are immigrants and are getting deported:(

well if that's the case, then those peeps will have to first finish their jail term (approx 5 yrs)and then they will be deported.....

[sameer0807]

ET forums are up.....you can visit by cliking here:
http://etforums.pornbits.net/index.php

[Voetsek]

Big thank you from me

[sameer0807]

Big thank you from me
np..

[HCT]

still visit the site hopeing its just a hack

[megatronium]

That sucks - I just got into torrents and the best one closes? :(

[sameer0807]

That sucks - I just got into torrents and the best one closes? :(
Well get use to this...because best torrent site always get (or will) closed....First it was Supernova, no other torrent site could possibly take its place, then it was Lokitorrents, close to Supernova but not quite Supernova but still was great torrent site and now its ET. I can only guess which site will be next.....Torrentspy is also getting bigger, that just could be next victim.
Oh BTW there are more than 3 websites....that got closed by either RIAA or FBI, can't remember their names....

[Formula1]

you guys can go to the original ET forums here , http://etforums.pornbits.net/index.php

[sameer0807]

you guys can go to the original ET forums here , http://etforums.pornbits.net/index.php
already been posted 5 posts above u...
thanks anyways

[Formula1]

oh alright, sorry about that then.

[mbt]

thx for the forum link

[Formula1]

sure, no problem...

[skydogg88]

Ive tried to log into the elite forums and have been rejected every time, saying that my username or password is incorrect. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks for all the updates so far, hope all works out....

[{I}{K}{E}]

Ive tried to log into the elite forums and have been rejected every time, saying that my username or password is incorrect. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks for all the updates so far, hope all works out....

you need to create a new account

[BawA]

but ive just logged in with my previosu account, aka didnt need to re-register, mybe it uses PornBit User-DB(its hosted on Pornbit if u check the domain).

[jetje]

Ive tried to log into the elite forums and have been rejected every time, saying that my username or password is incorrect. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks for all the updates so far, hope all works out....

just register again, this site is not the regular ET ;)

[Formula1]

Just click on "forgot password" , luckily the admins of ET were smart enough to back up their original database, so no need to re-register...

[pandapop]

its a shame about ET. was my favourite site

[pu43x]

i agree. it is a big blow to the bittorrent community. but i am sure another site will take its place!

[Formula1]

yay im finally a member at filelist.org.... It looks like one or so account got deleted or something like, i always visited the sign up link daily :D . But sadly its no where near as great as ET :(..

[ThemaNIL]

if you want a site like et , join TB (http://www.torrentbytes.net) .
they delete uesrs everyday so you can signup.

[sameer0807]

if you want a site like et , join TB (http://www.torrentbytes.net) .
they delete uesrs everyday so you can signup.

been trying to sign up with them for so long, but every time their registration is closed.....

[ThemaNIL]

in TB it's a big problam to signup there isn't invitations, so you just need to try and try until you get lucky.

[Formula1]

yeah , there were 47,999 members today, then when i tried to sign up, it gave me the "user limit reached" bullshit!

[lee551]

torrentbytes is definately where its at. i've been using that over ET for awhile. i guess i'm lucky i signed up right when they opened. :cool2:

[BawA]

torrentbytes is definately where its at. i've been using that over ET for awhile. i guess i'm lucky i signed up right when they opened. :cool2:
same here, i was among 1st 4000 users, what am worring is that i have low ratio cuz i never did anything on thier site, ive used all my bandwith on ET.
i guess i should start downloading something and seed it but download what, not much good downloads r there.

[sameer0807]

torrentbytes is definately where its at. i've been using that over ET for awhile. i guess i'm lucky i signed up right when they opened. :cool2:
same here, i was among 1st 4000 users, what am worring is that i have low ratio cuz i never did anything on thier site, ive used all my bandwith on ET.
i guess i should start downloading something and seed it but download what, not much good downloads r there.

well u don't really need to download something usefull all the time. If you really want to improve your ratio then you can download what ever is hot at TB, that way you are oath to find lot of leechers...

[BawA]

nah i dont like downloading uneeded stuff.

[bobcntsa]

yep i agree there s too many usefull file, i hate downloading nd sharing useless just for fun

[sameer0807]

yep i agree there s too many usefull file, i hate downloading nd sharing useless just for fun
well i m sure no body want's to downloaded un-usefull stuff, but the point is, if your ratio is bad and you want to improve it really quickly then downloading what's hot can help you improve your ratio......
I have done that once, and it wasn't as bad as i thought!

[Citizenhaax]

Gotta say I was shocked when I saw that red screen when I tried to figure out why my proxy was not letting me get to ET. Turned off the proxy and went back and there was the red screen. Yikes.

[echosak]

ill miss this site

[sameer0807]

ill miss this site
I'm sure everybody will!

[suprafreak6]

i know i do

[asmithz]

i dont, ET was lame, and a poor source for pretty much anything. Also they had all thoese issues, it was just pathetic.

[sameer0807]

i dont, ET was lame, and a poor source for pretty much anything. Also they had all thoese issues, it was just pathetic.

ET was alright....they had very quick releases n all, fast downloadin speeds...not sure wat issues u talkin abt

[Formula1]

i think the issue he is reffering to , where all the server downtime and slowness, they had for like 3 months.

[The Flying Cow]

but i still havent understood; ET closed down because of the SWROTS leak or because it was part of MPAA's swoop that particular time?
because if it is the latter, what is to prevent the MPAA/and such evil empires from attacking any other tracker?

[sameer0807]

but i still havent understood; ET closed down because of the SWROTS leak or because it was part of MPAA's swoop that particular time?
because if it is the latter, what is to prevent the MPAA/and such evil empires from attacking any other tracker?

it was because of SWROTS leak...which drove MPAA's nuts... :(

[malyo]

this might sound stupid but as i'm not american could someone explain me what is SWROTS and MPAA?

[Rick Phlegm]

this might sound stupid but as i'm not american could someone explain me what is SWROTS and MPAA?
SWROTS = Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America aka the guys who threaten to sue you if they find you downloading movies