Police Threats Close Many BitTorrent Sites

[anon]

Yesterday we reported on the plight of RARBG, a large tracker forced to close by anti-piracy outfit, BREIN. Now it appears that this is just the tip of the iceberg. A whole raft of trackers are being forced to close or relocate following police action, including ArenaBG and several other large sites.

Police Threats Close Many BitTorrent Sites | TorrentFreak

In total ArenaBG, AvatarBG and MastersTB had to close down. The first two can still be reached at 0.arenabg.com and avatar-bg.org, respectively. P2PBG was ordered to stop tracking torrents.

Torrent-BG, WordBG and Zarta.org have been set to disappear.

[SealLion]

Anon: I never heard of some of those site like avatar-bg.org and mastersTB. Those must be pip-squick trackers, either that or they are mildly sized from where-ever they are set.

I am of the opinion that larger, more well known sites keep secret their server info as well as other pertinent information re: their site a secret so as to prevent authorities from discovering them and their exact where-abouts.

I am sure that there are some exceptions of course, Though I am really curious to know why the cops went after these small potatoes instead.

[anon]

Anon: I never heard of some of those site like avatar-bg.org and mastersTB. Those must be pip-squick trackers, either that or they are mildly sized from where-ever they are set.

Me neither, but it seems they were quite popular in Bulgaria.

I am of the opinion that larger, more well known sites keep secret their server info as well as other pertinent information re: their site a secret so as to prevent authorities from discovering them and their exact where-abouts.

I'm sure they do. But as long as a tracker is up, it's possible for the cops to take it down, it seems. Just look at OiNK; the biggest music tracker at the time, but was taken down, and its uploaders are now caught in a cycle that just seems to loop over and over...

I am sure that there are some exceptions of course, Though I am really curious to know why the cops went after these small potatoes instead.

Most likely because they were the closest ones