HellBender Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Well-known P2P site ShareReactor has been apparently shut down by the Swiss authorities. According to news sources, Swiss Judical Inquiry Department of Thurgau has shut down the site due copyright infringements. The site was probably the world's largest site that listed direct links to pirated material in P2P networks, using so-called ed2k links that work with eDonkey2000-compatible clients (such as eMule). Internet-Site taken offlineFRAUENFELD (kapo) Due to the suspicion of breach of copyright and trademark laws the cantonal judicial Inquiry department of Thurgau has taken down an Internet-Site that served as a link platform for filesharing offerings. A process concerning these matters against the 25 year old owner from Frauenfeld is underway. The Internet-Site located in Frauenfeld was online for about 30 months and last had over 220.000 hits per day bevor it was taken offline by the Thurgau officials. The in search engines toprated site worked as a anchorpoint for links to downloads of copyright and trademark protectet games and movies that were offered on the filesharing network. After a complaint from several large corporations, represented by the swiss association against piracy, the cantonal judicial inquiry department of Thurgau initiated an investigation, seized the servers in Frauenfeld and had the site taken offline. The responsible owner, a 25 year old swiss proved to be very cooperative in explaining matters at hand. The inquiries continue and will take some time. http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5085.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 17, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 17, 2004 One less piracy haven. It's a shame 10 more will pop up to replace it :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memNOC Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 christ.. where did they get them? ala-isonews? someone posted a serial or something on the forum? i thought what they did was perfectly legal, since none of the files were on their server.. FU*K THE LEGAL SYSTEM. CROOKED BITCHES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHiZZy Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 more news on http://slyck.com/ apparantly no one can reach simon moon (site admin) so.... me thinks he's either actually been done (as in arrested) or he's had all his computer equipment confiscated, but then you would think that he would go tell some1 to tell ppl on the IRC channel ?!?!?!?!? pity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellBender Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 more news on http://slyck.com/apparantly no one can reach simon moon (site admin) so.... me thinks he's either actually been done (as in arrested) or he's had all his computer equipment confiscated, but then you would think that he would go tell some1 to tell ppl on the IRC channel ?!?!?!?!? pity Yeah, people ont he slyck forums are pondering that his lawyer must've told him not to talk to the public, or that the authorities told him that. Its a shame though... He did everything that he did for free, and now he's the one who has to pay for it :/ It was inevitable, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biorK Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 Its a shame though... He did everything that he did for free, and now he's the one who has to pay for it :/ It was inevitable, though. Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I guess it wasn't money issues then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idbuythatforadollar Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 does he even need a lawer? unless such a crime as 'conspiracy to commit copyright violation' exists, he hasnt done anything wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 wow i am glad i found this here.... would have been nice if my thread i started was merged with this one, instead of just being deleted, making me think that some mod thought it was bad.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 They'll probably remove this one saying they don't support other sites or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexor Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Slyck News Story In short the owner arrested, his house searched, server hadware confiscaded. All done by complain by some "major" corporations (not disclosed which). would it be against the forum rules to post additional info (explanations by some of co-owners of SR) if it links to forum where warez is acceptable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 probablly....everyone is sooooo sensitive anymore....gosh....its like the FCC is right here too... can't cuss, cant tell things we know....sigh...who cares if people get offended...its what makes life worth living.... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted March 18, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2004 Slyck News StoryIn short the owner arrested, his house searched, server hadware confiscaded. All done by complain by some "major" corporations (not disclosed which). would it be against the forum rules to post additional info (explanations by some of co-owners of SR) if it links to forum where warez is acceptable? Merged 2 posts down :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexor Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I did look but didn't see Hell's post, weired, my apologies. should've delited though dazzla, I posted exact link again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted March 18, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2004 kenny, Opaul, is a shame that you have that impression about the forum, so bad that you clicked that agreement link when you signed up here. Oh nos! the bad mods are coming for us! :rolleyes: BTW, this thread is still open, isnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 wtf? i thought what they were doing was legal.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 # No Warez (links) & Cracks: help, requests or posts that discuss circumvention. This includes linking to software, posting about it, and suggesting to get it. in the PM i got way after it happened...well five minuts later....lol :laugh: i guess i violated the "posting about it"....since i did not link/suggest to get it... ;) anyway I would like to thank the mod that actually responded...which means they were doing the job we pay them to-----wait, we don't pay them :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 They'll probably remove this one saying they don't support other sites or something. Actually, we say we are not a support forum for other sites, as in if mess.be is not responding for 2 hours we are not the support forum for them. Sharereactor closing is news, not a temporary DNS glitch or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I'm glad this happened, everyone I know plays pirated games these days, or watches pirated movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted March 18, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 18, 2004 i'm curious as to the whole legality issue as well. i thought they took great precautions to make sure everything they were doing was legal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildies Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Really ShareReactor Is one Of Hunderds Out there :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 i can't say this is bad though, since i have finally have money to buy games i won't need warez anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfF3nSiV3 Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 damn it guess i'll have to delete 1 link among 100 others :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathanael Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 I never learned to use eMule quite, really poor speeds ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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