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
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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:Quote:
Originally Posted by suprafreak6
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7982008/
If there is any doubt this is real....here is the AP story
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
That sucks. :(
Ewww red backround with black text? Stupid FBI.
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!
Haha, it hurts my eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rip The Jacker
what drove it out what it was hosting in the US
FBI sucks,
go catch some terrorists
that they cant do....so thought of doing something easy..Quote:
Originally Posted by jcg1545
what does RTJKJAS mean? if you go to the bottem of elitetorrents and highlight it, the letters "RTJKJAS" is there.
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...
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monkeee
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 haveQuote:
Originally Posted by 4play
lol....they sure don't have any professional web designer...right now the page is looking piece of shit!Quote:
Originally Posted by 4play
anyone else download the video of why they shutdown ET
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/mul...a/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.
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.... ;)
Thats a scary video to watch. Its so small because of framerate. :dry:Quote:
Originally Posted by 4play
Anyone noticed that the clip that they play is actually the trailer.
Shame but the bay has the same stuff and no sign up lucky i never got star wars from them
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..
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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.
thats old news bawa :wacko:
if u read my post i said i just came back from work and it may be old news.Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
and u guys say i ignor rest of the details.
edit:
Slyck
looks like MPAA had Pisexy big time:Quote:
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..
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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.
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?
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Originally Posted by sameer0807
funny they didn't care about the distribution of Mindhunters over 1.5 years in advance :lol:
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.
pleaze one min. of silence in memmory of elite torrents
thanks to all u people in ET for doing a good job
peace
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
et was an amazing site, just remember what happened to uk-torrents ;)
FileList and TorrentBytes are good alternatives.Quote:
Originally Posted by bawa@Klite_user
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...Quote:
Originally Posted by spirex
this site is dead now . been closed down.
:( there goes another of my favourite site
gildan2020
: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
Rest in Peace EliteTorrents we will get our own back dont worry
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.
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?
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
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:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sara