what happened to UK-T

[Andyvalver]

One thing you new members may want to do is set your profile to accept emails. I think it is done by:

Clicking on the user cp button in the top left of the screen
Then select "ecit options"
then about halfway down the page there is an option to "Receive Email from Other Members". after you have checked that, I think others can click on your name and they will have an option to email you.

Then at least you guys can contact each other. I cant guarantee you wont get ppl you dont know emailing you though

I think it works that way at least....

Good job m8

Cheers for that mate. Now people can get in touch..

"why so serious"

[Albo Da Kid]

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riginally Posted by Benjamin
A member of UK-T was caught selling DVDs and named UK-T as his source. I'm not guessing, this is directly from staff.

btw..What a fukin idiot this guy. He was probably selling them in the street this retard.
The first thing I would have said when being asked where I downloaded the film from is

"I didn't download it sir. I bought them from a Chinese for 2$ a copy and I'm selling them for 5$ each."

"Tell us who the chinese lady is"

Answer: "I don't know sir. I met her in the train and haven't seen her since. This is my first time doing this"

Or if worse came to worst "I downloaded them from Mininova sir" Wtf they're gonna do? They know about Mininova already, and haven't been able to do anytihng about it.

The worst they could have done, was given him a fine.

[Benjamin]

Ah. I somehow believe the truth is somewhat larger than that, but then again i might just be assuming, you know?

Yea well that is coming directly from the UK-T staff, they say the DVD seller ruined it for everybody, and they were forced to shutdown. They won't reveal how they found out the guy was caught and named their site.

I question everything like you do, and no disrespect intended, but the UK-T staff are a bunch of nerds, not some mafia with internal police connections. How would they know somebody snitched on them?

[Albo Da Kid]

the UK-T staff are a bunch of nerds, not some mafia with internal police connections. How would they know somebody snitched on them?

Exactly. You make a very good point.

Do you think the guy went to them and apologized? "Hey guys I'm sorry but i got caught selling movies ans I snitched you out"

Or maybe they were warned by the police" Hi. We caught somebody that was selling pirate dvd's which came from your site.. We thought we'd let you know. Take care."

Or better yet they had an inside man in the Riaa

lol cmon but I don't buy this dvd selling excuse. Maybe it's what Sez said earlier that it might have somethign to do with those English fellas getitng a 3 year sentence each for piracy recently

It could be anything, but the dvd excuse is too small of a factor to shut the whole site down.

How come the dvd selling only became a problem recently? How come it wasnt a problem 2 years ago?

[wantonhero]

Considering the circumstances appear fairly dire, I don't need an explanation or an apology. The admins will have done well if they fragged the data and saved the rest of us the headache they are dealing with.

Silence is an excellent policy until things are sorted out.

p.s. Thanks to the FST regulars who tolerate us bum rushing your forums, there is some good info in here!

[LubTheStaringCat]

Ah. I somehow believe the truth is somewhat larger than that, but then again i might just be assuming, you know?

Yea well that is coming directly from the UK-T staff, they say the DVD seller ruined it for everybody, and they were forced to shutdown. They won't reveal how they found out the guy was caught and named their site.

I question everything like you do, and no disrespect intended, but the UK-T staff are a bunch of nerds, not some mafia with internal police connections. How would they know somebody snitched on them?

I'm Courious “Benjamin” how long have you known about the selling of the DVDs?
A few hours, a couple of days that sort of thing?

Thinking what “Albo Da Kid” said, just selling DVDs sound a little far fetched to me to shut down a torrent tracker.
But considering UK-T's demise, I would think members of UK-T's former staff would be members of FST already, and are no doubt watching this thread.
I doubt very much they will ever post or reveal them selves, Squizzle Is the only one I know of here at FST.
Putting out a story like the selling DVDs to try to appease all the former members of UK-T's curiosity on how UK-T really went down.

Just for selling DVDs I doubt that very much, you can only wait and watch?

I would consider the former members of UK-T are owed some type of explanation.

[rag011]

considering the circumstances appear fairly dire, i don't need an explanation or an apology. The admins will have done well if they fragged the data and saved the rest of us the headache they are dealing with.

Silence is an excellent policy until things are sorted out.

P.s. Thanks to the fst regulars who tolerate us bum rushing your forums, there is some good info in here!

+1

[sez]

considering the circumstances appear fairly dire, i don't need an explanation or an apology. The admins will have done well if they fragged the data and saved the rest of us the headache they are dealing with.

Silence is an excellent policy until things are sorted out.

P.s. Thanks to the fst regulars who tolerate us bum rushing your forums, there is some good info in here!

Now that's the spirit.

All you "old" members that keep bragging about how many friend you made In U-kt and how close you guys were were...Where are your friends now? How come your dearest friend Squizzle left you in the dirt without pointing you in the right direction??

Who knows for what reasons U-kt went down. What if they're in the verge of being caught and will have to give up every information they have. We are going to see then how much you "miss" Ukt and how long it will take for your "dear" friends to give your name and IP addresses up.

If I was in charge of a tight community and I had to close the site, I would inform my "dearest friends" first and help them instructions on which sites they could go to next.
I'd certainly not leave them like a fish without water.

P.s. Personally I believe that all you guys might be marked by the authorities at this point, and I'm afraid that any community that takes you in, is going to open problems for themselves.

Thanks for constantly starting the oh so imminent flame wars on this forum albo da kid. I can always count on you to make this forum into a worse place for the rest of us.

Honestly, why do you always feel the need to dramatize everything in this forum into the worst possible tone in order to establish the most drama within the forum? Is it simply against your nature to productively add to a conversation without pissing off someone else in the process?

UKT, from what I gather, is a rather small and closed community. There is no need for authorities to attempt to bust such an insignificant site in the grand scheme of things. Why waste their time with UKT when they could be using their time far more productively trying to destroy sites such as TL or demonoid, or the other massive number of public trackers? Whether originating from the staff or the users, I feel like these kinds of rumors are unnecessary. Take it for what you will, but I severely doubt that the authorities would ever devote so much time to take down a tiny dot in the world of p2p.

Easy on the assumptions till you have the

[Intr4ns1t]

At the end of the day, with the history behind wheelies, if the staff felt the circumstance was dire enough to scrub the site, I would have to say I'm glad for every member who's info was NOT made available by them taking that step. It's a sad day when an iconic site such as that gets taken offline, but better by the staff than the authorities.

Regarding all the bashing and naysaying about the strength of the community there, my god, if you were interacting with many of the same people for YEARS, wouldn't you feel a serious and dramatic sense of displacement over the loss of the platform for those interactions? I notice alot of people saying the staff are remiss in how they handled it, but all things point to it not being a delayed action. And were I in their boat and in fear of my freedom, you can sure as shit believe I'd be laying low as well.

And ironicly enough, it seems that many of those members who were "left to dangle" are in fact being pointed in the right direction, just not in this thread, so why think they are being ignored in all this? It's easy to postulate when faced with a lack of insight, but that doesn't make those postulations true.

If one thing should be taken from this, it's that staffing is not just a walk in the park and every person who staffs on a tracker in a non-torrenting friendly country puts their freedom on the line every day so that users can get all that free stuff they love so very much. All the bickering and competitivness pale in comparison to the real risk that those staffers work under everyday to try to give people a comfortable atmosphere to not have to worry about a letter from their isp. I think it's easy to forget that when the sky is blue and the sun is shining, but it does rain on occasion, and sometimes that can drown you if you are stuck staring at the sky with your mouth agape.

[Benjamin]

Yea well that is coming directly from the UK-T staff, they say the DVD seller ruined it for everybody, and they were forced to shutdown. They won't reveal how they found out the guy was caught and named their site.

I question everything like you do, and no disrespect intended, but the UK-T staff are a bunch of nerds, not some mafia with internal police connections. How would they know somebody snitched on them?

I'm Courious “Benjamin” how long have you known about the selling of the DVDs?
A few hours, a couple of days that sort of thing?

Thinking what “Albo Da Kid” said, just selling DVDs sound a little far fetched to me to shut down a torrent tracker.
But considering UK-T's demise, I would think members of UK-T's former staff would be members of FST already, and are no doubt watching this thread.
I doubt very much they will ever post or reveal them selves, Squizzle Is the only one I know of here at FST.
Putting out a story like the selling DVDs to try to appease all the former members of UK-T's curiosity on how UK-T really went down.

Just for selling DVDs I doubt that very much, you can only wait and watch?

I would consider the former members of UK-T are owed some type of explanation.

I am just repeating the official statement by the UK-T Staff. I was also a former member, I was confused too and wanted an explanation from staff. My intentions are to inform the people who are still confused, that's all. I'm not trying to trick or appease anyone.