About: TorrentSpy

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TorrentSpy was a popular BitTorrent indexing website. It provided .torrent files, which enabled users to exchange data between one another. It also provided a forum to comment on them and integrated the user-driven content site into the front page. In August 2007, there were more than 1,000,000 torrents indexed with thousands of new torrents indexed every day. On March 24, 2008, facing further fines for not cooperating with the court, TorrentSpy shut itself down.

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  • TorrentSpy was a popular BitTorrent indexing website. It provided .torrent files, which enabled users to exchange data between one another. It also provided a forum to comment on them and integrated the user-driven content site into the front page. In August 2007, there were more than 1,000,000 torrents indexed with thousands of new torrents indexed every day. The Motion Picture Association of America filed a lawsuit in February 2006 for TorrentSpy facilitating copyright infringement as many torrents on its site were linking to copyrighted films. In December 2007 the court ruled against TorrentSpy. On March 24, 2008, facing further fines for not cooperating with the court, TorrentSpy shut itself down. (en)
  • TorrentSpy var en sökmotor för torrent-filer. Webbplatsen fungerade som en spindel och listade länkar till torrentfiler från andra sajter som drev så kallade trackers (Server som lagrar .torrent-filer). På sidan fanns även ett forum där besökarna kunde kommentera olika torrentfiler. 2006 hade sajten över 312 590 torrentfiler och över 1 miljon användare. Det lades till i genomsnitt 800 nya torrentfiler varje dag.År 2008 beslutade man ett amerikanskt domstolsbeslut att lägga ner sajten, vilket skedde den 24 mars 2008. (sv)
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  • TorrentSpy var en sökmotor för torrent-filer. Webbplatsen fungerade som en spindel och listade länkar till torrentfiler från andra sajter som drev så kallade trackers (Server som lagrar .torrent-filer). På sidan fanns även ett forum där besökarna kunde kommentera olika torrentfiler. 2006 hade sajten över 312 590 torrentfiler och över 1 miljon användare. Det lades till i genomsnitt 800 nya torrentfiler varje dag.År 2008 beslutade man ett amerikanskt domstolsbeslut att lägga ner sajten, vilket skedde den 24 mars 2008. (sv)
  • TorrentSpy was a popular BitTorrent indexing website. It provided .torrent files, which enabled users to exchange data between one another. It also provided a forum to comment on them and integrated the user-driven content site into the front page. In August 2007, there were more than 1,000,000 torrents indexed with thousands of new torrents indexed every day. On March 24, 2008, facing further fines for not cooperating with the court, TorrentSpy shut itself down. (en)
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