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A year has passed from the time authorities took KickassTorrents site offline and arrested the alleged owner Artem Vaulin. The trial run by US authorities is going on to this day. While KAT got hit really bad, its former moderators and admins got together to rebuild the site. Now we look back what happened and … Read more…
There has been a new court order in Australia that targets many sites connected to KickassTorrents. After the main domain of KAT got taken down, copyright holders have started to put their blocking efforts to mirror sites and spinoffs. Twenty Aussie ISPs have only couple of weeks to block a batch of new sites. Start … Read more…
We all remember how back in the last summer KickassTorrents got taken down by US authorities. While the founder of KAT is in jail waiting for the trial, a group of administrators continue running the torrent site in its original glory. This month will be the celebration of Torrents Day. When KickassTorrents got taken down … Read more…
People behind the genuine website of KickassTorrents are bringing the torrent king back to life now. The group of Internet activists that was administrating the site before the alleged owner got arrested in July, is trying to restore the large torrent search to its previous condition. So far everything seems to be going fairly smooth. … Read more…
In summer this year the authorities managed to take down the torrent search of KickassTorrents. They also arrested Artem Vaulin who is believed to be the owner of KAT. Though we knew FBI had been behind the case together with the US Department of Justice, recent news by MPAA say Hollywood had its role in … Read more…
The alleged owner of KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin did not get released from jail after his attorney had requested it. The court in Poland said they couldn’t provide the man supervised release due to the accusations of online piracy and money laundering which were serious enough to keep Vaulin in custody. Furthermore, the government of United … Read more…
This summer was definitely the hardest time in the history of KickassTorrents. We all know how the Police arrested the owner of KAT and therefore the site was kept down for weeks. As it seems tough times are not over yet, as the Australian Federal Court is working on having local ISPs block all possible … Read more…
Since KickassTorrents went offline on the 21st of July and the owner of KAT got arrested, there have been a lot of imposters and fake mirrors coming online. Now after the real community got active again, the former administrators and moderators of KAT are rebuilding the official site. Soon after the torrent king started to … Read more…
7/21/16: We first announced that KickassTorrents went down due to having domains seized and the owner arrested. This is exactly what happened. The authorities arrested Artem Vaulin in Poland after they had much proof for his connections to KAT and also money laundering. You can read more of this here. 7/22/16: After the first shock … Read more…
Few days ago the torrent world received a shock when the owner of KickassTorrents got arrested in Poland. Together with the arrest the bank account and domains of KAT got seized. People all over the world are now wondering if the notorious torrent site can make a comeback anytime soon. KickassTorrents torrent site was founded … Read more…