Torrents dying

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The Pirate Bay was shut down by a take down notice from the Swedish Govt. While there are mirrors of the site up and running (and on the run), the original is gone. Very sad.

Another major torrent site, Mininova, just got notice that the Danes dont like file sharing either, and were told to take down every copyright-infringing torrent, or pay $1,000 for each one... which pretty much means its gone.

RIP Torrents, long live whatever comes next.

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