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Torrent takes a beating!!!
By PETER SVENSSON
AP Technology Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the Web's most popular file-sharing sites has shut down less than a week after Hollywood announced a flurry of lawsuits against operators of such Internet servers.

A note posted on Suprnova.org, which facilitated sharing among users of the BitTorrent program, said the site was "closing down for good." The collection of links to downloadable files, including music, movies and books, was taken down.

"We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything," the statement said.

Reached via Suprnova.org's chat room, the site's anonymous operator refused to comment on why it had shut down.



Last week, movie studios sued more than 100 operators of U.S. and European sites that host BitTorrent links but did not name the defendants.

Suprnova.org was the most popular repository for links to files that could be downloaded using the BitTorrent program.

Another site that carried BitTorrent links, N4p.com, said it had shut down due to a civil complaint that cited the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Torrentbits.org and Phoenix-torrents.com also shut down.
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Message has been deleted.  Jeff Spicoli | 12/20/04
The laws of the republic...  amicus_curious | 12/20/04
Shucks Z..  Jeff Spicoli | 12/20/04
Yeah right  GMTobias | 12/20/04
Freedom of speech doesnt apply here.  vdraken | 12/21/04
Here's how to deal with the RIAA ...  worknman | 12/20/04
Won't do diddly  Jeff Spicoli | 12/20/04
You're missing the point ..  worknman | 12/20/04
No, you're missing the point  ExLax_in_the_BHind | 12/20/04
It doesn't work  voska | 12/20/04
Buy music, just not from the RIAA  tic swayback | 12/20/04
A $100 for a lump of coal?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Did you comprehend what you read?  johngalt@... | 12/20/04
All I see is someone trying to cash in...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Uh, you really aren't that dumb, are you?  tic swayback | 12/20/04
Judging by those prices, I'm not he dumb one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Perhaps you are  tic swayback | 12/20/04
Torrent takes a beating!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Hmmm, wonder why ZDNet isn't carrying this story?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Slow old man..  ExLax_in_the_BHind | 12/20/04
Hmmm, I see no headlines for this...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Message has been deleted.  ExLax_in_the_BHind | 12/20/04
I wondered the same thing  voska | 12/20/04
Wow, that's real bad news for ya there Bit..  ExLax_in_the_BHind | 12/20/04
Not for me, possibly others, but not me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
I've used it download legal software only  voska | 12/20/04
I never would...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Caught you, finally!  ExLax_in_the_BHind | 12/20/04
Not even close, you are WAY out of your league.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Gotcha!  Jeff Spicoli | 12/20/04
Re: Not for me, possibly others, but not me.  rhavyn | 12/20/04
Jeez...Can you say "Who Cares"?  Stewart Cannon | 12/20/04
Um the folks selling lump of coal for $100 care.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Here's a lump back at you...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Dude, WTF is your problem????  James T. Kirk | 12/21/04
Catching pirates for profit. I love it!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
Sharing copyrighted music files for profit. I love it!  tic swayback | 12/20/04
Good on them if that's what they want. Has nothing to do with RIAA.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/20/04
It has everything to do with the RIAA--it's their escape pod  tic swayback | 12/20/04
riaa = organized crime  sadchild | 12/21/04
I Like What The RIAA IS Doing!!!!!  cybershoplifter | 12/21/04
Oddly enough I think that's true  voska | 12/21/04
I GOT A DUMP TRUCK FULL OF COAL AT MY HOUSE  itanalyst | 12/21/04
RIAA License Suspended  TAE | 12/25/04

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