BTJunkie jumps ship, following MegaUpload raid

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2097738/BTJunkie-voluntarily-shuts-Megaupload-domino-effect-file-sharing-sites-gathers-pace.html

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File-sharing website BTJunkie has voluntarily shut down as a result of legal pressures that followed the seizure of Megaupload.

The site, which had over four million active torrents – or files available to download – explained on its homepage that it was 'time to move on'.
Its digital suicide follows the seizure of the Megaupload domain by U.S authorities and the arrest of its founder, Kim Dotcom, along with three of his colleagues, who’ve been charged with racketeering, copyright infringement and money laundering.

A message on the BTJunkie website, which linked to copyright-protected films, songs and TV shows for cost-free download, reads: ‘This is the end of the line my friends. The decision does not come easy, but we’ve decided to voluntarily shut down. We’ve been fighting for years for your right to communicate, but it’s time to move on. It’s been an experience of a lifetime, we wish you all the best!’

It’s been reported that the decision to shut down BTJunkie did not come from any direct legal threat, but worry over what might happen in the future, as U.S authorities had it in their crosshairs, according to internet sources.

Mr Dotcom, meanwhile, has been complaining that women inmates are giving him unwanted attention.
In a New Zealand courtroom to appeal a decision denying him bail, Kim Dotcom said he has received unwanted letters from female prisoners and a phone call from a man posing as a prosecutor.

A government lawyer said during the hearing that a known forger tried to visit Dotcom.

The convicted hacker is currently in jail in New Zealand after being accused of masterminding a scheme that made more than $175million in a few short years by copying and distributing music, movies and other copyrighted content without authorisation.

Dotcom was denied bail last month when Prosecutor Anne Toohey argued at the bail hearing that Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, was a flight risk 'at the extreme end of the scale' because it was believed he had access to funds, had multiple identities and had a history of fleeing criminal charges.

In an appeal hearing recently Dotcom told the Auckland court he would not flee New Zealand and wants to fight to get back his money, some of which authorities seized last month.

He told the court that with his assets frozen and business shut down he had no intention of trying to flee to his native Germany, where he would be safe from extradition.

'I will not run away. I want to fight these allegations on a level playing field. I have three little children. My wife is pregnant with twins. I just want to be with them,' he said in court.

At his bail hearing last month, his defence lawyer said the former hacker, who is reportedly 6ft 6in tall and weighs more than 20 stone (285lbs), was hardly likely to escape detection by New Zealand immigration.

'He is not the sort of person who will pass unnoticed through our customs and immigration lines and controls,' said lawyer, Paul Davison.
Kim Dotcom - nicknamed 'Dr Evil' - a German national, was renowned for his flamboyant lifestyle.

He owned a £3million collection of 25 cars which was confiscated at the time of his arrest – mainly top-of-the range Mercedes with number plates such as ‘STONED’, ‘HACKER’ and ‘GUILTY’ but also including Maseratis, a vintage pink Cadillac and Dotcom’s runabout, a £300,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom with the number plate ‘GOD’.

Although music stars such as Kanye West and Alicia Keys have supported MegaUpload, film and record companies say the seven-year-old file-sharing site is making a fortune off their work without paying them a penny.

The Internet's fun level is decreasing.

Mr. Brown wrote:

The Internet's fun level is decreasing.

Yep. The glory days are over.

I'm looking forward to getting my life back.

I never used BTjunkie, so I'm don't have a dog in this fight. BT deserves to disappear through, and this time not to the Indian subcontinent. Worst customer service ever.

Once there's a global porn ban, I'll have to start having sex with real fake-titted grannies. :|

I'm not a fan of torrent sites so this won't affect me...

People just need to learn how to swap files smarter. Referring to movies by name so they can be found very easily, either on google or on the site's search engine, is as stupid as you can get.

also use VPN and Ghost IP

For those who use Rapidshare, one of the few remaining filehosts still in operation, they decided to fuck over free-users by introducing new limits on free downloads. You'll notice your download pausing every few seconds and your download speed will drop to a snail's pace. The plan is simple. They want you to pay for service. 30 days costs about $13, with discounts for longer memberships. The last time I used RS, my download speed was about 2mb/sec so their servers are fast if you have a high-speed connection.

Can't exactly fault them, it is their service and they have no obligation to make it free.... :suspect:

if you take the Rapidshare link of the file you want to download and run it through gr0wl.com and then copy and paste the link in the PINK DOWNLOAD NOW into JDownloader, you will still get full speed and no pausing

j7wild wrote:

if you take the Rapidshare link of the file you want to download and run it through gr0wl.com and then copy and paste the link in the PINK DOWNLOAD NOW into JDownloader, you will still get full speed and no pausing

Will check this out...

Got a busy message...figures, everyone will be rushing to use it now.

Will get a paid account from one of my porn hacks....

don't pay attention to the message on top at gr0wl.com

Gr0wl is experiencing extremely high load and may not be able to process your request.

just enter the RS link and it doesn't have to be a premium link

j7wild wrote:

don't pay attention to the message on top at gr0wl.com

Gr0wl is experiencing extremely high load and may not be able to process your request.

just enter the RS link and it doesn't have to be a premium link

It worked....j7wild impressed me!!!

the beauty of JDownloader + gr0wl is you can also put multiple Rapidshare links in Q, enter the extracting file if they are .RAR files with one, and when all files are complete, it will even extract the files for you.

j7wild wrote:

the beauty of JDownloader + gr0wl is you can also put multiple Rapidshare links in Q, enter the extracting file if they are .RAR files with one, and when all files are complete, it will even extract the files for you.

Looks like gr0wl couldn't handle the influx and gave up the ghost a couple days after Rapidshare implemented its crawl system for free downloads. Gr0wl is dead.

Incidentally, looks like RS is also trying to get paid members to provide their phone-numbers, which I refuse to do.

RS threatened Gr0wl with a lawsuit....