Rant Mininova...

Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes ‘Legal’

read more here: http://torrentfreak.com/mininova-deletes-all-infringing-torrents-and-goes-legal-091126/

wow, i was just about to grab a coast to coast am audio show, hit refresh and the site was down now this.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

Nope... read the blog entry.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

Mininova isn't a tracker, it's an index.

 

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!

 

Article on the bbc site now as well...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8382012.stm

I agree the mininova was one of the better sites.....

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

i prefered it when piracy was an art

 

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!!

 

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

 

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?

 

there is an interesting list at torrentfreak...