Suprnova down?

[davepeck]

haven\'t been able to get on at all for the last 2 days.. fred?

[ChrisF]

Originally posted by davepeck
haven\'t been able to get on at all for the last 2 days.. fred?

its probably not coming back, and if it does it wont be a torrent site anymore. other than that i dont really know any more details.

[Donbean]

Suprnova.org has closed down its BitTorrent service for good
Posted by Sean Byrne on 20 December 2004 - 01:45 - Source: SuprNova.org


Just several days ago, the US film industry announced that it is preparing to sue the operators of file sharing servers that assist with or offer unauthorised movies across file sharing networks, primarily BitTorrent and eDonkey.  Unlike Kazaa, Gnutella and simialar P2P networks, BitTorrent is run by centralised websites that assist with searches and tracking files (or seeds) on BitTorrent.

Unfortunately, SuprNova.org which operated as a very popular BitTorrent hub has decided to permanently shut down its service for good saying that they are certainly not going to host any more torrent links even if the site does manage to return.  Going by the message they left on their home page, it is not clear if there were simply overwhelmed with legal threats or if the movie or music industry had actually filed a suit against them.  For now they have decided to keep their IRC servers and discussion forums open.  Fr4nz and big-byrd both used our news submit to let us know about the following news:

As posted on the SuprNova.org homepage:

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
 

This will be surely be a sad time for BitTorrent users, especially those who have used SuprNova.org as their prime site.  However like the shutdown of Napster, this does not mean that the peers are going to suddenly give up sharing their content.  For these it will mean a bit of time looking for the next best alternative, potentially boosting the amount of content on other file sharing networks.

[davepeck]

wow that sucks.. i didn\'t use it often, but it was great when i needed it..

time to fire up newsbin..

[davepeck]

well, here\'s some more stuff to play with in the meantime..

http://www.btefnet.net/

http://www.torrentspy.com/directory.asp

http://www.torrentreactor.to/

[freddiewaht]

shitmotherfuckergoddamnitmotherfuckershitgoddamnsonofafuckingbitchinmotherfuckershit,that sucks..wish they let me know a litle ahead of time so i could have gotten more shit,motherfuckergoddamnitsonofafuckincocksuckersonofabitchinmotherfucker.............

[oldnewbie]

nice wakin\' up to that  

[freddiewaht]

im tellin ya.im goin back to bed now,hopefully this is just a strange,and i mean really strange dream..nightynight!

[oldnewbie]

thought you were up kinda early

[freddiewaht]

this really sucks..bersides etree.org,suprnova was where i got all of my shit..it was really convenient to be able to wake up in the morning humming a tune,and within an hour,having the whole album at my disposal..i knew it was totally illegal,and i also knew it was only a matter of time before it came to an abrupt ending,but i wish there was a sign that it was gonna happen...its a sad day in the world of bottorrent file sharing...i cant type anymore about it..i need to cry.

[davepeck]

fred -

http://www.btefnet.net/

http://www.torrentspy.com/directory.asp

http://www.torrentreactor.to/

[ChrisF]

i have gotten some good stuff from http://www.gamerzplanet.net/forums. it does not have many torrents at all, but they have had what i was looking for in the past. i think you need to sign up for the forums to access the torrents.

[FrankZappa]

Originally posted by freddiewaht
this really sucks..bersides etree.org,suprnova was where i got all of my shit..it was really convenient to be able to wake up in the morning humming a tune,and within an hour,having the whole album at my disposal..i knew it was totally illegal,and i also knew it was only a matter of time before it came to an abrupt ending,but i wish there was a sign that it was gonna happen...its a sad day in the world of bottorrent file sharing...i cant type anymore about it..i need to cry.

hey fred, quit complaining and go buy the album if you want it so bad. I\'m not saying i\'ve never downloaded anything, but 99.9% of it has been concert recordings that are legal. and the .1% was some stuff I got during college I dont even listen to. If you like the song, support the artist!

[freddiewaht]

hey paul,im not sure if you realize what season it is,but all of my spare money is going towards my little girls xmas gifts.shes been good and santas hookin her up..so fuck the artists,and i wont say fuck you because i like ya(even though i just did)!

[FrankZappa]

Freddie, your a cool guy, but your logic makes absolutely no sence to me. I\'m going to agree to disagree and drop it.