The popular bittorrentsite BTjunkie has its doors voluntarily closed. Although no clear reason is given for the decision, is the increased hunting pressure on piracy via internet is a probable cause. The site was online since 2005.
Since Monday morning, local time, on the frontpage of BTjunkie only a communication about the closure of the torrentsite. “The decision was not easy, but we have voluntarily decided to close”, says the communication. A reason is not given, although it is striking to read that the administrators ‘years have fought for our right to communicate’, but the ‘time to go’.
Probably is the site afraid of legal problems. Previously, under download sites measures after MegaUpload at the expense of the United States was taken offline and employees were arrested. So blocks Uploaded.to visitors from the United States and is FileSonic the sharing of files anymore.
Although BTjunkie a big bittorrent indexer, with approximately 4 million active torrents, have copyright holders and justice, relatively little action is taken against the website. Brein said in a 2007 behind the site want to go, and ordered the site activities to cease. When that did not cease the hosting provider service. The site itself remained online.
Also, the site in Italy, at the charge of the court, blocked and censored Google links to the site; via Google Instant and Autocomplete could not have BTjunkie search.
BTjunkie indexeerde in addition to public bitorrent trackers, private trackers; functionality that is rare. Users had to know about credentials of a private tracker to actually torrents to be able to secure.
Update, 13:04: Brein to let you know, certainly legal action against BTjunkie to have undertaken, in contrast to what is in this post, it was claimed. The incorrect information is adjusted.
