Looks like we can say goodbye to TorrentSpy :[

Hello Friends of TorrentSpy,

This message is to inform you about recent efforts by the motion picture studios to shut down TorrentSpy. As you may know, in February 2006 the major movie studios and their Washington lobby, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), filed a lawsuit against TorrentSpy and other search engines.

We guess that hiring hackers and turning a blind eye to identity theft is not enough for the movie studios and the MPAA. Now they want to know who you are, what you search for, and what you download. In short, it is the view of the movie studios that websites should not allow anonymous use and your activity on the Internet - anywhere - is their business.

The really scarry thing is that if we lose this court battle, the movie studios will be able to go after any search engine or website and force them to collect data about YOU. It is not an exaggeration to say that losing this fight is a nail in the Internet's coffin.

We have spent the last year challenging their relentless campaign against the 1st Amendment and personal privacy laws Worldwide. We have succeeded in delaying the court order to turn on logs while we appeal it. TorrentSpy will not create logs of what you do on the site without your consent.

While we use Google Analytics for website statistics, TorrentSpy servers have never tracked your IP Address, the searches you make, or how you use the site. We are dedicated to your privacy and we are fighting for your rights!


This is just great, another god damn victory by the MPAA. We all know they are going to win, they always do. So first suprnova and now this. It all sounds pretty scary, the mpaa tracking your ip from now on.

pretty much ... well there is always pbay for leechers... :D

It's good they made that decision.I've read at some forum a couple of days before this happened that they'll collect data from users who're using TS.

That's bad news :(

Very sad news... Better start buying those TorrentSpy memorabilia...

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4858/tsau8.jpg

Bleh :(
sad to see them go

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Originally Posted by fstrulz

Very sad news... Better start buying those TorrentSpy memorabilia...

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4858/tsau8.jpg

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Is the girl included?

So how does that mean that their shutting down? At most they'll just shut off access to the USA...

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Originally Posted by mforcex

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Originally Posted by fstrulz

Very sad news... Better start buying those TorrentSpy memorabilia...

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/4858/tsau8.jpg

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Is the girl included?

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i dont think so
lmao
:noes::noes::noes:

too bad it's one of my favorite public trackers

As far as I know, torrentspy isn't a tracker but a search engine :) ( Sorry if I'm worng )

They will close all public and easy accessible torrent websites sooner or later...

well, demonoid hasn't been in the news, like at all. I have google notify me every time "demonoid" appears in the news. In the past few months, there has been almost nothing.

awww man do I miss suprnova.org

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Originally Posted by AkaiDoresu

They will close all public and easy accessible torrent websites sooner or later...

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I'm afraid, that You're right... :(

public trackers suck anyway

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Originally Posted by weezyfbaby

public trackers suck anyway

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All private trackers suck. Im almost using public tracker.

Im very sad about this news :cry:

too bad