Kickass
Torrents (commonly abbreviated KAT) is a website that provided a directory for
torrent files and magnet links to facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing using
the BitTorrent protocol. It was founded in 2008 and went offline on 20 July
2016, when the domain was seized by the United States government. The site’s
proxy servers were shut down by its staff at the same time.
Kickass
Torrents was recently shut down after its founder; Artem Vaulin was arrested in
Poland. As a result, many fake websites rose to fame but were nothing when
compared to Kickass Torrents. They were a mere copy of the Kickass website with
un-updated data with un-managed working. But it seems that soon the website
will be in working condition as before as it is reported to be.
WHAT IS KAT.cr
?
Months after US
authorities had shut down one of the largest torrent websites–Kickass torrents
or KAT–and arrested its owner Artem Vaulin from Poland, the portal has
been brought back to life by some of its former employees.
Katcr.co forum, which
was launched shortly after the shut down by several KAT-crew members who had
regrouped in an effort to get the community part of the site backup, last
week launched a fully operational torrent site. The site, which looks
identical to its predecessor, has a clean user database but many members of the
original staff are on board.
“The majority of our original staff, admins and moderation team
joined us after Kat.cr went down–which is something we’re very proud of.This
shows the loyalty, dedication and real love for KAT that we all share,” The
KATcr team told Torrent Freak.
This is not the first time KAT has been restored. Earlier,
several mirrors of the portal including one by another torrent giant
IsoHunt were launched but this is only site with the original team behind it.
Despite the fact that
people in charge of KATcr did not have access to original code and data, as at
the original KAT those who run the technical and financial affairs of the site
were separated from administrators and crew, it is remarkable how they were
able to put together bits and pieces to make it look identical to its predecessor.
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| A new Kat.cr looks similar to old one. |
The KATcr crew quoted, “We have all our major up loaders on
board and they continued to share tirelessly even before the torrent engines
returned. The torrent community can continue to expect to see uploads from all
the names they know and trust.” They added, “The majority of our original Staff,
Admins and Moderation team joined us after Kat.cr went down – which is
something we’re very proud of. This shows the loyalty, dedication and real love
for KAT that we all share.” The staffers from the
website have also stated that their website has a proper DMCA take down
procedure, just like other websites like YouTube and that they do not store any
copyrighted material to their own server.
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Given that US authorities are still pursuing legal
action against the website’s former operators, it seems it is a matter of time
before government officials take aim at the new Kickass Torrents mirror and try
to shut it down – much like its antecedent.
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