DinoKiller
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Subject: Dramatic BitTorrent Site Shutdowns of the Decade Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:38 pm |
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Continuing our series of articles on the most pivotal BitTorrent sites of the last decade, our focus turns to the most dramatic site shutdowns. Without doubt, 2005 proved a momentous year, marked by the introduction to the war of a new anti-piracy force to be reckoned with – the FBI.
As BitTorrent increased its popularity through 2004 and 2005, site operators started receiving increasing amounts of paperwork in their mailboxes. Although much of it was mail from their adoring fans, other items, penned by MPAA-retained lawyers, gave advance warning of coming bad times. As it turned out, they were the lucky ones.
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