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Popular Torrent Search Engine Shuts Down Without Explanation

posted by n1 on Monday August 08 2016, @08:49AM   
from the so-long,-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Cmn32480_phone

The torrenting community has been tumultuous these past few weeks. First, Kickass Torrents was seized by the government after the owner's arrest. Now, one of the largest search engines has vanished.

According to TorrentFreak, Torrentz.eu unexpectedly shut down on Friday, disabling its search functionality. The domain is still active, but currently, the site just features the search bar with a message in the past tense: "Torrentz was a free, fast and powerful meta-search engine combining results from dozens of search engines."

Source: Gizmodo

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Original Submission

• Lernaean Hydra Lernaean Hydra (Score: 2, Insightful) by sendafiolorkar on Monday August 08 2016, @09:21AM

  by sendafiolorkar (6300) on Monday August 08 2016, @09:21AM (#385231)

  For every torrent Search Engine chopped off there's at least one replacement coming!

  And TPB is STILL alive!

  Starting Score:	1		point
  Moderation		+1
  Insightful=1, Total=1
  Extra 'Insightful' Modifier		0
  Total Score:		2

• Re:Lernaean Hydra Re:Lernaean Hydra (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @05:32PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @05:32PM (#385379)

  Where's my replacement for 1080p x265 tv shows then?

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  • Re:Lernaean Hydra Re:Lernaean Hydra (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @06:26PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 08 2016, @06:26PM (#385405)

    https://eztv.ag/ [eztv.ag]

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    • Re:Lernaean Hydra (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @01:18AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @01:18AM (#385578)

      Ahh yes, the fake eztv that most people wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.

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