Digital Technology for Digital Living.
December 20, 2004
SuprNova And TVTorrents.org Close, Or At Least As We Know Them.
We mentioned a few weeks ago the issues that some of the bittorrent sharing sites on the web had with supposed denial of service attacks. Whether true or not, two of the major torrent sharing sites have now closed, but this time it seems from the threat of legal action by the MPAA.
Addict3d quotes the Suprnova announcement.
Greetings everybody,
As you have probably noticed, we have often had downtimes. This was because it was so hard to keep this site up!
But now we are sorry to inform you all, that SuprNova is closing down for good in the way that we all know it.
We do not know if SuprNova is going to return, but it is certainly not going to be hosting any more torrent links.
We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything.Thank you all that helped us, by donating mirrors or something else, by uploading and seeding files, by helping people out on IRC and on forum, by spreading the word about SuprNova.org.
It is a sad day for all of us!
Please visit SuprNova.org every once in a while to get the latest news on what is happening and if there is anything new to report on.
As we wish to maintain the nice comunity that we created, we are keppig forums and irc servers open.
Thank you all and Goodbye!
sloncek & the rest of the SuprNova Team
Reading between the lines, SuprNova’s message might just be saying to be patient and wait for their new eXeem network technology. The concept is to marry the best of bittorrent with features from other networks like Kazaa, allowing everyone to be a tracker, and relinquish the need for a central website posting torrent details.
ExtremeTech has the unconfirmed report.
The existence of the new client, called “Exeem”, could not be confirmed at press time. According to an individual who called himself a beta tester, the software is in beta, with 5,000 users signed on to evaluate it.
Regardless of its authenticity, the technology is possible, and is only a matter of time. As John Gilmore, co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), said, “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.”
Update : (December 20, 2004) Loki Torrent is running their own legal defence fund.
Update : (December 20, 2004) SilentDragz has made The Unofficial SuprNova.org Closure FAQ available. It has some useful alternative sites.
Update : (December 21, 2004) TVTorrents isn’t down, merely moved to tvtorrents.tv.
Gadgetman | | General, Broadband, Music, Video, Digital TV
December 21st, 2004 at 4:36 am
Here are screenshots and a review of the Exeem beta: http://www.mitosis.com/sections/forum/showflat.php?Board=web_news&Number=43166
December 21st, 2004 at 4:41 pm
Thanks for linking to my FAQ :)
April 3rd, 2005 at 12:12 pm
In ref to tvtorrents -
Sorry, but we are temporarily down due to lack of hosting for our hives. If you have the ability to help us out with hosting or seeding (10mbit+), and have linux and/or unix, and can provide us with mysql, gcc and a shell, please hop on IRC and join #tvtorrents for instructions on how to talk with us! Thanks for your dedication to our site, and sorry for the inconvenience! this was today.
April 4th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
I’ve been using exeem for about a month now and to be honest with you i expected alot better then this coming from a well known name like Supernova!!
From my experience it is EXTREMELY SLOW