IsoHunt Launches A Working KickassTorrent Mirror — kickasstorrents.website
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Shortly after the U.S. Government seized the domains of
KickassTorrents, IsoHunt is here with a working mirror of the world’s
largest torrent website. The mirror can be accessed by visiting a URL
similar to KAT’s domains i.e. kickasstorrents.website. The new website
also displays a manifesto, demanding KAT founder’s freedom.
The original KickassTorrents website went down yesterday
after the U.S. Government arrested its founder Artem Vaulin and seized
its domains. He was accused of multiple criminal and copyright
infringement charges.Soon after its launch, a new KickassTorrent alternative appeared in the wild in the form of dxtorrent.com. It looked and worked just like KAT, the world’s most popular torrent website.Now, in less than 24 hours of the 30-year-old founder’s arrest, the website is back as a simple mirror of the original website. The resurrected website features a similar domain name–kickasstorrents.website–and an identical design.
This has been made possible by an IsoHunt member. If you remember, IsoHunt was also responsible for the revival for The Pirate Bay. However, the KAT mirror’s functionalities are limited.
Telling more about the KickassTorrents mirror, a member of IsoHunt says:
“It’s not perfect but if users need to save and archive something it’s time,” the IsoHunt team said. “We don’t know how long it can last, but at least it’s something.”
This new development proves that torrent websites aren’t going to stop and the nature of torrent files gives them freedom to be hosted anywhere. Banning and seizing torrent websites’ domain has become a repetitive exercise that doesn’t prove anything.
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