Rant Mininova...

Discussion in 'General' started by rainbowbridge, 26 Nov 2009.

  1. rainbowbridge

    rainbowbridge Minimodder

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  2. Guest-2867

    Guest-2867 Guest

    I'm sure it wont take long for people to put them back on
     
  3. Ph4ZeD

    Ph4ZeD What's a Dremel?

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    This is news since when? They've been doing it for a long time, their attempt to stay free of those pesky lawsuits.
     
  4. Akava

    Akava Lurking...

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    That sucks, but I suppose it is getting to the point where the sites with high profiles have to be careful if they don't want to be sued out of existence.
     
  5. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    Nope... read the blog entry.
     
  6. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    That's a shame, Mininova is one of the better sites out there imo; certainly in terms of ads and spam. Ah well... One goes down, another comes up.
     
  7. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    When one the size of MN goes down, lots pop up - Just gotta work out which ones are worth staying with!
     
  8. UncertainGod

    UncertainGod Minimodder

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    Public trackers like mininova won't last much longer, they attract too much attention and make it far too easy for the less educated to grab whatever they want which I am against.
     
  9. chin913

    chin913 忍び So say we all

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    Yep its a bad day ...but @ least eztv is still going and h33t
     
  10. quack

    quack Minimodder

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    Mininova isn't a tracker, it's an index. :p
     
  11. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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    Meh, can't really complain if they are removing illegal content. If they start to remove legal content on the other hand...

    I used BT for the first time in a few years yesterday. I was surprised at how many trackers there were out there and how easy it was to find stuff - hopefully I won't get sucked into using it too much, I don't want a law suit!
     
  12. mctigger

    mctigger What's a Dremel?

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  13. Cabe6403

    Cabe6403 Supreme Commander

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    [Hamlet]Alas poor Mininova, I knew him well[/Hamlet]
     
  14. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    And the giant international game of internet-whack-a-mole continues...
     
  15. Mr Flibbles

    Mr Flibbles I'm not part of the solution....

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    True. where there's a will............there's the internet.
     
  16. Gunsmith

    Gunsmith Maximum Win

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    i prefered it when piracy was an art :grr:
     
  17. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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    The good old days using IRC and FServes? Having to leave the modem connected for hours on end as you moved up the places waiting for a free spot to download a single mp3 which took the best part of a day, all the time having your parents winging that the phone line is constantly engaged and that you need to log off soon... Ahh yes, the good old days!! :)
     
  18. Singularity

    Singularity ******* Operator from Hell

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    Damn, I loved mininova. Simple design, never went down, no ads and crap like that... shame.
     
  19. null_x86

    null_x86 Thread Closer

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    I saw this earlier today. It sucks. Big time. Isohunt and h33t are still up, and demonoid still down for maintenance. Really sucks that they went legal, they were one of the best in terms of ads and spam. So what are the good sites nowadays besides h33t and demonoid?
     
  20. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    there is an interesting list at torrentfreak...
     

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