BT, Virgin Media, O2 and Be There have started to block access to three of the world's largest BitTorrent sites. The blockades were put in place following a High Court order earlier this year, which ruled that KickassTorrents, H33T and Fenopy were facilitating copyright infringement. With the sites no longer…

KickassTorrents is down, possibly because the domain name expired. People all around the world are unable to access the second most visited torrent site since an hour or so. TorrentFreak contacted the admins to ask for an explanation, but we have yet to hear back from them. Interestingly, KickassTorrents either…

After a mystery disappearance yesterday it has now been confirmed that KickassTorrents' domain name has been seized by the Philippine authorities. The action was taken following a complaint from local record labels who argued that the second largest torrent site on the Internet was causing "irreparable damages" to the music…

A few moments ago KickassTorrents disappeared from the Internet prompting the usual flurry of worried emails. While these instances of downtime are usually down to minor technical issues that tend to sort themselves out, there are signs that something a little more serious might be underway. Details are sketchy but…