Torrentbits.ro Raided by the Romanian Police
Written by Ernesto on May 04, 2007The popular Romanian BitTorrent tracker Torrentbits.ro was raided and the two admins of the site were placed under arrest. Torrentbits was founded little over a year ago but was already among the 200 most visited websites in Romania. Both admins are charged with copyright infringement and face up to 4 years in prison.
Torrentbits is a private BitTorrent tracker with over 16.000 members, mostly Romanians. The admins, both citizens from the Romanian capital Bucharest were arrested Thursday morning.
The police said the tracker was one year old, but for the last 6 months the administrators have been asking for donations and running ads on the site, which attracted the attention of the police officers.
A 2 month investigation lead the police to an apartment in Bucharest where they arrested the two 40-year old admins. In addition they seized 4 computers and 5,200 cds and DVDs, some of which contained copyrighted material. This indicates that the two were not only running Torrentbits, but that they were also selling pirates CDs and DVDs.
The two were released from custody Thursday afternoon, but are charged with copyright infringement, and both face 4 years in jail and a $10.000 fine. A video clip that shows the raid is posted in this Romanian news article.
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if someone download something, must download just for him, not for sale ,or make coppy for anotherelse
Morons, they deserved it.
If they sold pirated software, music, or movies, the most likely deserved it.
they said they didn’t sold any dvds…there’s only rumors that they sold
Link is fXcked up
http://www.tvr.ro/articol.php?id=6560&c=49
Nobody said that they were going to sell those CDs/DVDs. Not even the mass-media.
I’m Yve…sysop on torrentbits.ro
I’m alive :)…not arrested. We lost over 5200 DVD but that is it…
I like the “Phoenix Bird” story… ;)
So…will be back soon !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqtaPVRwqc
If they sell pirated software they really deserves it, if the did’nt they should go free.
Since I do not know I wont blame them
Its time to get rid of the websites and use the torrent technology to replace the torrent listings.
So 1 torrent that says Movies will have movies torrents posted inside the torrent, KINDA linked torrents. ;)
LONG LIFE TORRENTBITS!!!U’ll never die…[quote comment="97029"]I’m Yve…sysop on torrentbits.ro
I’m alive :)…not arrested. We lost over 5200 DVD but that is it…
I like the “Phoenix Bird” story… ;)
So…will be back soon ![/quote]
We all hope so!best romanian tracker and best staff ever!
e jenibil …. la cat se fura in tara asta cu acte in regula tocmai de aici s-au gasit sa inceapa cu impartitul dreptatii …
… cred ca se odihnesc fara probleme noaptea domnii procurori cu o asa constiinta curata…
Torrentbits.ro was actually a lame tracker with a lame staff so, basically, this was just weeding out the lamers from the p2p scene. Most notably, it appears that since the tracker was closed, its users’ (most of the staff included) level of intelligence seemed to drop considerably.
[quote comment="98760"]Torrentbits.ro was actually a lame tracker with a lame staff so, basically, this was just weeding out the lamers from the p2p scene. Most notably, it appears that since the tracker was closed, its users’ (most of the staff included) level of intelligence seemed to drop considerably.[/quote]
fortunatelly the world is lucky to have a briliant mind like u…and your iq is?…
Judging by your sentence, higher than yours, obviously.
hey stupid racists, subintelectuals and battyboys. you never download anything from a torrent site? you all have Licensed Software at your homes? I dont think so. You are all losers and laughing of somebody’s problem. YOU FIRST LOOK AT YOU. LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND TAKE A PAPER AND A PEN AND WRITE DOWN (THINKING if you can) WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU DONT. AND IF YOU ARE A CLEAN GUY AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY USES LICENSED SOFTWARE, THEN YOU SHOULD COMMENT. UNTIL THEN YOU ARE A STUPID FAG AND A COMPLETE LOSER
Oh boy, and here I was thankful that at least shit like this doesn’t happen in our country…
[quote comment="136695"]hey stupid racists, subintelectuals and battyboys. you never download anything from a torrent site? you all have Licensed Software at your homes? I dont think so. You are all losers and laughing of somebody’s problem. YOU FIRST LOOK AT YOU. LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND TAKE A PAPER AND A PEN AND WRITE DOWN (THINKING if you can) WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT YOU DONT. AND IF YOU ARE A CLEAN GUY AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY USES LICENSED SOFTWARE, THEN YOU SHOULD COMMENT. UNTIL THEN YOU ARE A STUPID FAG AND A COMPLETE LOSER[/quote]
ha ha, i totally agree with you
poate ca a facut el ce a facut dar nu trebuie criticat pt asta in fine am postat aici deoarece cred ca am luat ban ip si nu stiu de ce. o zi imi merge torrentbits o zi nu
sar putea s afi din cauza ip ului dinamic???
vreau un raspuns daka as putea
multumesc anticipat
Sunt niste câcati. Azi mi-au dat disable la cont fiindca am comentat despre bannerul de Craciun. Cum frate disable direct ? Morttziishorii lor… Cel mai praf tracker cu cei mai handicapati admini.
Muje lor. Multa muje.
I Think,İt is very nice information…
Hitchhiker Nation
da,in privinta disable-ului se cam pripesc.si eu am primit disable doar pt simplul fapt ca mi-am spus parea,nu am injurat,nu am jignit pe n imeni.baieti,daca nu puteti asculta macar si parerea altora mai bine renuntati ca si asa sunt o groaza de trackere.
[quote comment="98020"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHqtaPVRwqc[/quote]
Yve,daca ti esti sysop pe torrentbits atunci eu zic ca ar fi corect sa mai luati in seama si parerile userilor.e usor sa dai disable sau ban ip dar nu suntem intr-o dictatura asa ca….
Site was down, and now it’s working… why?
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