14 DAY TRIAL // TorrentShack is shutting down and the domain is being handed over to the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
According to TorrentFreak, the Hollywood-backed anti-piracy group has made yet another victim, as it has taken down yet another torrent site that is quite well liked in the world. FACT has a successful tactic of tracking down, identifying and then pressuring site admins to shut down their sites, if we take a look at the past.
“It seems once again that FACT have gone after the small site rather than those that make thousands each and every month in profit,” said the site’s operators over the weekend.
“I have been under investigation by FACT for some time it seems and to avoid being dragged through courts and having huge legal fees I have to adhere to their demands,” the operator added.
So, the site now has to shut down and the domain will be handed over to the Federation Against Copyright Theft. Furthermore, the site’s operator should not take up running such a site again if he wants FACT to drop the charges.
It is expected that TorrentShack.net be handed over to FACT in the next few days, and a warning message will likely be placed on the home page, like some leaders of old placed bodies at the entrance to the city to instill fear in those trying to enter.
Since TorrentShack was a site where users needed to have an account to access it, subscribers need not fear, because FACT won’t be getting a database of the site’s users. “In simple terms, the Domain is simply the URL you type in to visit the site. It has no connection with your account, your security, there is no reason for anyone to worry,” said the site’s admin.
There have been quite a few cases such as the one TorrentShack is going through, both in the United States and in Europe, where various bodies such as FACT have set up shop to try to fight against online piracy.
BREIN, an anti-piracy group in the Netherlands has been one of the most active ones so far, managing to do some damage on its own.
In an effort to fight copyright infringement, this type of groups, as well as many others, have been trying to get Google to take down tens of millions of links from their search results page, while additional measures have been taken to take down torrent sites.