It would seem that there may be a pattern here. In the absence of Demonoid rose The Pirate Bay, in whose absence rose KickAss torrents. Demonoid was an “invite-only” torrent site that reached critical fame in the 2006-2008 era, quickly getting targeted by law enforcement and consequently had to take all its trackers offline in 2012 for a period of almost two years. One popular torrent distribution site from the early days that still remains active is Demonoid, although use of the website has severely declined in the last few years. In the last ten years, many torrent sites such as Newnova (rebirth of Suprnova), IsoHunt, TorrentSpy have all had their tryst with the legal system, forcing them to cease operations at one point or the other. Kickass Torrents has been taken down, but would this work: Watch hereīefore The Pirate Bay, the legal system chased down and caused the shutting down of Suprnova, a very popular torrent site before The Pirate Bay shot to fame. KAT shot to popularity back in the day when The Pirate Bay was having trouble keeping its domain names active. When one source goes down, we have seen alternatives crop up, KickAss Torrents itself being one of them. We have seen time and time again how people find ways to skirt copyright law. But it is unlikely that taking one website down, regardless of its popularity, is going to have the effect that the authorities are looking for.
KickAss Torrents isn’t the first to be targeted by the US government for illegal distribution of digital content, with popular websites like The Piratebay going through its own fair share of arrests and takedowns in the last few years.
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