Mininova is now Kaput

[Fondles]

Mininova limits its activities to Content Distribution service at Mininova blog

Hi all,

Today is an important day in the history of Mininova. From now on, we are limiting Mininova.org to our Content Distribution service. By doing so, we comply with the ruling of the Court of Utrecht of last August.

Unfortunately the court ruling leaves us no other option than to take our platform offline, except for the Content Distribution service. According to the verdict (Dutch link) we have to prevent uploads of torrents to Mininova that refer to certain titles or to similar-looking titles. We’ve been testing some filtering systems the last couple of months, but we found that it’s neither technically nor operationally possible to implement a 100% working filter system. Therefore, we decided that the only option is to limit Mininova to Content Distribution torrents from now on. We are still considering an appeal at this moment.

We launched our Content Distribution service in 2007. This service allows producers and artists to easily publish and distribute their content for free through Mininova. The launch of Content Distribution has proven to be a success. Countless content owners have used Content Distribution to distribute their content (e.g. albums and documentaries) for free to millions of users. For example, the Dutch band Silence is Sexy released their complete album on Mininova and received the Interactive Award 2009 for doing so. The Dutch television broadcaster VPRO decided to start using Content Distribution in 2009 in order to distribute documentaries.

We would like to thank you for your support. Especially everyone that contributed to Mininova receives a big “thank you!” for the effort! We hope to keep welcoming you on Mininova and our other projects (e.g. Snotr, Dispostable).

Thanks! The Mininova staff

[Attilla the Hen]

Bugger!

[Butterfly]

oh fuck,

demonoid and now this ?

[Marmite the Dog]

RIP

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[Butterfly]

I wonder if the trackers are still functional ?

[Nawty]

I am currently downloading 3 movies....they still working as of this minute

[Bobcock]

Di-fuckin'-saster

[Butterfly]

yes disaster, what's left for public torrent search ?

[The Fresh Prince]

I don't often use minnova but I don't like the way that all these similar sites are shutting down. Is the end nigh?

[StrontiumDog]

This is a transition...more private sites, but less content...

Demonoid will be back soon...I hope.

[melvbot]

Jeesus just go to Isohunt, BT Junkie or one of the other thousands of sites. Its only a torrent site.

[melvbot]

I don't often use minnova but I don't like the way that all these similar sites are shutting down. Is the end nigh?

No, it will just change a bit. If youre so worried about it check these terms

DHT, PEX, and magnet links, trackerless torrents

http://lifehacker.com/5411311/bittor...inks-explained

[Bexar County Stud]

This is a transition...more private sites, but less content...

Demonoid will be back soon...I hope.

Demonoid was the mothership. Extremely rich selection of goods.

I belong to several private trackers, but these days I'm at a loss to find anything download-worthy.

It was just a matter of time before they shut down the big boys. File sharing will continue, but it won't be as easy or as fruitful as it used to be.