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After Kickass Torrents, now world's largest torrent search site quietly bids adieu

After Kickass Torrents, now world's largest torrent search site quietly bids adieu

This is the second biggest shut down when two weeks ago Kickass Torrents was taken down after the arrest of its founder Artem Vaulin.

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  • New Delhi,
  • Updated Aug 7, 2016 3:06 PM IST
After Kickass Torrents, now world's largest torrent search site quietly bids adieuPicture for representational purpose [Photo: Reuters]

The popular torrent search engine Torrentz.eu abruptly shut down with a message on the website that says 'Torrentz will always love you. Farewell'.
 
This is the second biggest shut down when two weeks ago Kickass Torrents was taken down after the arrest of its founder Artem Vaulin. Kickass Torrentz was accused of distributing over $ 1 billion illegally copied movies, music and content.
 
Founded in 2003, Torrentz has been the world's largest and most popular torrent search engine for 13 years with over million users. It later expanded from a torrent hosting site to a meta-search engine.

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The website, though still accessible, is not functional. It instead reads:
 
"Torrentz was a free, fast and powerful meta-search engine combining results from dozens of search engines," the text reads.

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Published on: Aug 6, 2016 2:21 PM IST
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