Artem Vaulin, the man behind Kickass Torrents, is prepping to counter the US extradition request that is scheduled on November. His party says that if Kickass is a criminal operation, then Google should be worried just as well. Advertisement Courtesy of Torrent's Freaks' report, Kickass Torrents' founder and his party are already preparing to fight the extradition request of the US Authority. Vaulin's lawyer even stated that running a torrent site is not a criminal offense. "If KickassTorrents is a criminal operation, then Google should start worrying," the lawyer stated. Back in July, Artem Vaulin was arrested by a Polish law enforcement officer and was held at the local prison up until now. He was arrested on behalf of the US authorities that have now requested him to be handed over to the US just two weeks ago. According to Val Gurvits, who's a part of the US defense team for Vauilin, the arrest has been extended to November 19 apparently. The hearing is expected to commence this month. The defense team is making a point that running a torrent search engine could not be a criminal offense on either Poland or Ukraine. "The primary basis for challenging extradition is that the acts of which Artem is accused do not constitute a crime in Poland where he is detained, nor in the Ukraine where he lives and works." Vaulin's party emphasizes. KAT's defense counsel further explained that a search engine operation like Kickass Torrent isn't a crime in the United States as well. If it was, then they concluded that search engines like Google could be put into trouble just as well. "In fact, in my opinion operating an index search engine cannot constitute a crime in the United States because secondary infringement is not criminalized under US law. If KickassTorrents is a criminal operation, then Google should start worrying," Gurvits says. Still, getting involved in such scenarios isn't something new with Google. The search engine has been involved with such case. The late isoHunt, which is another popular torrent before, had the same argument, but still lost. If this would be the only counter that Kickass Torrents will have under its sleeve, there's a slim chance that they will be back in action soon enough or worse, Vaulin could actually end up with the US authority for losing the case.

“Here’s why I make movies. I don’t like lies.” – Oliver Stone Over the course of a career that now stretches nearly as long as J.F.K’s life span, Oliver Stone has been relentlessly driven to make movies with real world impact, and his latest venture, Snowden, is a story for our times. In many ways, it’s the story of our times. On the surface Snowden is certainly a movie about its title character, Edward Snowden, who unveiled a secret mass surveillance program that even Congress was unaware of. But more broadly, it’s about the labyrinth of digital surveillance we now find ourselves lost in and the roiling cyber-warfare that’s constantly being waged behind our screens that most are blissfully unaware of. Last week, Stone joined BitTorrent CEO Jeremy Johnson from Europe over video-call for a conversation on digital privacy as an essential civil right, how the centralization of the internet has enabled a select few to wreak mass digital havoc, the frightening state of cyber-warfare and much more. “[The development of cyber warfare]; in a way, it was like dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.” – Oliver Stone Stone’s movies have always been at their most powerful when they draw connections between the world we see and the world of truth, and in conversation he possesses the same ability to weave together the past, present and future. Stone connected the current state of cyber-warfare and the U.S.’ believed Stuxnet virus strike against Iran to Truman’s decision to unleash the first atomic bomb, both instances when U.S. leaders set off a global arms race by striking with a weapon that others adopted and then turned against the U.S. “This is what the German government offered their people in 1933, and this is what 1984 was about, too,” said Stone, delving into his belief that governments have long convinced people to give up their personal rights in the name of protection. “They always equate security with your rights,” he went on to say, insisting that despite many Americans’ belief that they live in a land of unparalleled freedom, in fact digital surveillance is a form of totalitarianism. “The global surveillance state is something that we set up. And at the same time, we never ran it by the people. There was no consent. The government should be beholden to the people, but that concept seems to have gone out the window. We have to fight back.” – Oliver Stone Snowden is in theaters now, and BitTorrent Now users can get even more clips and extras from the film via the Snowden bundle. http://blog.bittorrent.com

Polish authorities have extended the arrest of Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of KickassTorrents. His defense team is currently preparing to fight the U.S. extradition request, which will start next month. According to Artem's U.S. lawyer, operating a torrent site is not a criminal offense. "If KickassTorrents is a criminal operation, then Google should start worrying," he says. In July, Polish law enforcement officers arrested Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of KickassTorrents, who’s been held in a local prison ever since. The 30-year-old Ukrainian was arrested on behalf of U.S. authorities who officially requested his extradition two weeks ago. According to a grand jury indictment, Artem and two co-conspirators were the brains behind the popular torrent search engine. To find out more about progress in the case we reached out to Val Gurvits, who is part of the U.S. defense team. Gurvits currently resides in Poland, as does Artem’s wife and 4-year old son. Gurvits informs us that the arrest was recently extended. and he informed us that the arrest was recently extended. “The arrest has been extended to November 19. Artem is planning on challenging extradition through his Polish counsel. The hearing should be sometime in late October,” Gurvits says. During the November hearing the defense team plans to fight the extradition by arguing that running a torrent search engine is not a criminal offense in Poland or Ukraine. “The primary basis for challenging extradition is that the acts of which Artem is accused do not constitute a crime in Poland where he is detained, nor in the Ukraine where he lives and works.” Artem’s counsel goes even further and notes that operating a search engine such as KickassTorrents isn’t a crime in the United States either. If it is, then other search engines might be in trouble as well, Google included. “In fact, in my opinion operating an index search engine cannot constitute a crime in the United States because secondary infringement is not criminalized under US law. If KickassTorrents is a criminal operation, then Google should start worrying,” Gurvits says. The Google analogy isn’t new when it comes to copyright infringement lawsuits. Previously the now defunct isoHunt.com argued the same in their civil case against several Hollywood studios, but that didn’t prevent it from losing. Over the past several weeks the U.S. KickassTorrents defense team has put a lot of effort into setting up a meeting with Artem, something they still haven’t been able to do. As highlighted earlier, the alleged KickassTorrents owner is only allowed to work with his Polish lawyers for now. Gurvits and the U.S. defense team hope that this will change soon. In the interests of justice, but also to allow Artem to prepare properly for his fight against the U.S. extradition request. “In my opinion, given that Artem is accused of committing a crime in the United States under US law, denying him access to US counsel is a blatant violation of his human rights,” Gurvits notes. With the KickassTorrents case, the U.S. now has two major copyright extradition cases on its hands. The other one, against Kim Dotcom and his Megaupload colleagues, is still pending after nearly five years. Ira Rothken acts as the lead counsel in both cases, which to a large degree center around the same question. Can the defendants be extradited for copyright infringement charges? Source: Torrentfreak.com

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Remember that whole "birthday" thing? It's not over! We've extended the celebration. Birthday at TheGeeks' goes 1 more week. It closes Saturday 8 October at the stroke of midnight GMT. That means you still have time to enter contests and get free gigabytes: Here are all the birthday events for those of you who haven't been paying attention: What would you bring to TheGeeks Birthday party, and why? What torrent on TheGeeks has had the biggest impact on your life? In one sentence, what makes you a geek? Who is the geekiest news maker in 2016 so far? EXTREME WORD ASSOCIATION - pick the best words! BONUS! Two Contests Exclusive to Controversy Corner! What is the best conspiracy theory for the next President of the US? What Could Possibly Go Wrong Before November 8? (Never heard of Controversy Corner, TheGeeks new *hidden* Politics & Social Issues forum? Read this to learn how to join: CLICK HERE) But wait. There's more. We just restructured the forums. Seriously. It looks different. Check it out: That means we also want your feedback. What do you think? Tell us here:

富有学识活跃创新的知识分子是本站会员的重要组成部分。我们为广大高校的师生及研究所的人员开辟了绿色注册 通道，只要你的邮箱符合以下格式便可自助注册成为会员。本通道长期有效，关闭时间待定。热忱欢 迎你的到来！ 符合要求的邮箱格式：@*.edu.cn, @*.*.edu.cn, @*.ac.cn, @*.*.ac.cn The knowledge-rich and mind-innovative intellectual is an important part of the members of our tracker. We have opened up a green signup channel for teachers, students and researchers of universities or institutes. As long as your email is in accordance with the following formats, you can become a member through ‘Campus Signup’ portal. This channel is valid in long term, and closing time is undecided. Warmly welcome your coming! Qualified email formats: @*.edu.cn, @*.*.edu.cn, @*.ac.cn, @*.*.ac.cn

Őszi akció Kedves felhasználók! A Prémium csomagokra előfizetők október 16-ig akciós feltételek mellett vehetik igénybe a szolgáltatást, a pontos feltételekért látogassátok meg a Prémium oldalt. Az előfizető felhasználóknak automatikusan csökkentjük az eddigi hit'n'run-olt hónapjainak számát: • 6 hónapos előfizetés esetén felezzük • 12 hónapos előfizetés esetén töröljük Az akciós ajánlat feltétele, hogy a Prémium szolgáltatást október 16-ig aktiválni is kell. Translate fall Promotion Dear users! Premium subscribers can make use of the packages until October 16 in addition to special conditions of use of the service, the exact conditions for látogassátok the Premium page. The subscriber users to automatically reduce the number of months in previous hit'n'run-ol: In case of halved • 6 month subscription • If canceled 12 month subscription The promotional offer is conditional to the Premium service must be activated until 16 October as well.

Drugarima se izvinjavamo zbog prestanka rada trackera, sad je sve ok resili smo problem...ko ima volju neka izvoli, idemo dalje, nastavljamo gde smo stali. Pozdrav i sve najbolje vas drugari.org Google Translation: Friends we apologize for the shutdown of the tracker, now all is ok we solved the problem ... when there's will to go ahead, we go further, we continue where we left off. Greetings and all the best your own drugari.org

Feltöltöi felhivás. Tisztelt felhasználók Az oldalra Feltöltők jelentkezését várjuk! Amit kérünk: Havi 60 torrent feltöltése. Amit adunk: - minden torrent letöltése free a számukra az oldalon - korlátlan meghívás (zárt regisztráció esetén is) - korlátlan slot - támogató csillag - 100 GB bónusz (havi szinten) Jelentkezz az Adminoknál vagy a Segítség menüpontnál Tárgynak ad meg hogy Feltöltőnek jelentkezés! by eStone Staff Google Translation: Uploader proposals. Dear users Uploaders are welcome to the site! We ask: Upload 60 torrents monthly. We give: - All torrents are free to download - unlimited invites (also when registration is closed) - unlimited slots - supporter's star - 100 GB bonus (monthly) Sign the uploader application given to you through Admin or Help menu! by eStone Staff

Tracker's Name : THDSport Genre : Sports Sign-up Link : http://www.thdsport.org/members.php?action=reg Closing date : N/A Additional information : THDSport is a Private Torrent Tracker for Sports Releases.

CLOUDFLARE WAS SUED FOR PROVIDING CDN SERVICES TO WEBSITES CONTAINING PIRATED CONTENT – IN REPLY, THE FIRM HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT IT WILL NOT STOP PROVIDING ITS SERVICES TO SUCH SITES WHATSOEVER. Perhaps the most difficult of all things to understand in the world in terms of law is online piracy. After all, who is to blame? One such case has been filed in the federal court of California and is likely to continue for a longer while than expected. CloudFlare under the limelight Cloudflare has been alleged to be a facilitator of pirate sites by an entertainment publisher ALS Scan. It says the Content delivery network (CDN) services provided by Cloudflare are being used by pirate websites as well. Thus, it has reasons to believe that Cloudflare should be held guilty as it is not terminating its business with such clients who are running pirate websites. Hence, Cloudflare says that even if it stops doing business with such clients, it cannot stop piracy. CloudFlare also said that despite providing the automated service, it is not in any way contributing towards doing piracy. In other words, just because it is providing a harmless service that happens to be used by pirate websites does not mean that Cloudflare is advocating piracy. “If CloudFlare’s services were completely unavailable to the allegedly infringing websites, those websites would still exist, and the infringements would continue unabated; the sites would merely load a bit slower and be more susceptible to hacking,” said CloudFlare in a court document... So who wins? Well, it seems that the case will go for a while as it is not easy to decide which side holds more weight. To make things more difficult for the plaintiff ALS Scan, Cloudflare says that under the Grokster ruling, one has to actively induce the general public to do piracy. This can be done in the form of advertising or through other means. According to Cloudflare, even this is not the case as it is not using any sort of messaging or advertising that is encouraging piracy. It says that ALS has no foundation to lay such claims on such and lacks the proper proof to incriminate us with the allegations. Therefore, given the nature of the case, only time will tell who is right. As for now, one can anticipate an intense series of debates between ALS Scan and Cloudflare. What is CDN? A content delivery network (CDN) is a system of distributed servers (network) that deliver webpages and other Web content to a user based on the geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.

Finally, the sites are back, but not without problems, at least for the moment!. Sites seem to be up and down for the time being. But apparently, it is a matter of time before everything is resolved. This is the last message from their staff: "Still fine-tuning some things, so might be a few more bumps...." Kosh @ TV-Vault

Site-wide freeleech now in progress.

Site is temporarily unavailable. Unfortunately we experience problems with our server hosting. Therefore we have to move the server to another location The new server isn't completely ready yet, therefore the relaunch date has been pushed a day. . - Hopeful we are back Thursday The new server is almost ready. So we'll be right there When we come back we will active GFL for a week as an consolation We apologize for any inconvenience. — Infinity-T

Tracker's Name : Gordiusz Genre : General Sign-up Link : http://gordiusz.net/regisztracio.php Closing date : N/A Additional information : Gordiusz is a Hungarian Private Torrent Tracker for Movies / General Releases.

Tracker's Name : XWT-Classics Genre : Sports Sign-up Link : http://xwt-classics.net/signup.php Closing date : N/A Additional information : XWT-Classics is a Private Torrent Tracker for Classic (pre 1995) Professional Wrestling Releases.

Tracker's Name : Kincsek-Szigete Genre : General Sign-up Link : http://kincsek-szigete.eu/signup.php Closing date : N/A Additional information : Kincsek-Szigete is a Hungarian Private Torrent Tracker for Movies / General Releases. Note: You'd better use a Gmail address during registration.

This is for foreign users 1.We will Limited Signup for 5 days,2016.10.01 00:00:00 - 2016.10.06 00:00:00.All users can invite your friends. 2.When the number of site users reached limited numbers, only "Ultimate User" and higher rank users can invite their friends;VIP User can apply for 5 times invite your friends without Newbie assessment every month；Nexus Master can apply for 3 invites every month；Ultimate User can apply for 1 invites every month. 3.Fakers and ther invited friends will be baned;Do not upload Hyperay exclusive or other Privite Trackers' exclusive to other trackers or public sites,otherwise you will be baned.

TISZTELT FELHASZNALOK, TOVABBRA IS NYITOTT A REGISZTRACIO! SZOLJATOK A HAVEROKNAK! Google Translation: DEAR USER, SITE IS OPEN TO REGISTER! SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

Peer-rekord: 3 nap NOHnR - 90 000: győztes Fantom Drága mindenki! 18 000-rel dőlt meg az örökös rekord vasárnap. Curacao86 barátunk kedvéért az új rekord: 693 706 kapcsolat (a régi: 675 648) Gratulálunk mindenkinek! ------------------- A 90 000. jóra moderált torrentet Fantom tagtársunk rakta fel. Nyereménye: egy insane bögre+1000 bónusz+3 hónap VIP+5000 hnr pontot Gratulálunk! A rekord örömére 3 nap NOHnR folyamatban... Staff Google Translation: Peer-record: 3 days NOHnR - 90 000: Phantom winner Dear all! At 18:00, on Sunday the record was broken. For the sake of our friend Curacao86 the new record is: 693.706 connections (the old: 675.648) Congratulations to all! ------------------- A good 90.000 moderated torrents record was met by our member Phantom. Prize: an insane cup + 1000 bonus points + 3 VIP months + 5000 HNR points. Congratulations! To celebrate the record three days NOHnR is in progress ... Staff

Figyelem! Eljött a hónap utolsó 5 napja, a TorrentMasters pedig ajtót nyitott minden leendő tag előtt. Október 1-ig szabad a regisztráció. Továbbra is várjuk a családot, rokonságot, barátokat, szomszédot és még a sarki fűszerest is! Google Translation: Attention! During the last five days of the month, the TorrentMasters open the door to all prospective members. Free registration until 1 October. We continue to welcome your family, relatives, friends, neighbors and even the polar spicy too!

Majomparádé: Feltöltési akció! Kedves Felhasználók! Feltöltési akciót hirdetünk "Mese" műfajú feltöltésekre! Bármely kategóriába feltöltött "Mese" műfajú feltöltésért az alap 50 ponton felül további 500 bónuszpontot írunk jóvá a feltöltőnek amint a moderátori jóváhagyás megtörtént. Az akció 2016. október 9. éjfélig tart. * Az akcióban bárki részt vehet a feltöltési-, és seedelési szabályok betartásával. ..::Majomparádé Staff::.. Google Translation: Majomparádé: Uploading contest! Dear Users! Uploading contest is announced for "Fairy Tale" genre uploads! Any upload on "Fairy Tale" genre category will be credited 50 points, an additional 500 bonus points will be credited to the uploader when upload meets the moderator's approval. The offer is valid until midnight October 9th 2016. * Anyone can take part in the uploading contest, and in accordance with the seeding rules. .. ::Majomparádé Staff:: ..

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Registro y presentacion en el foro Os recordamos a todos los usuarios que es obligatorio registrarse en el foro con el mismo nick que en el tracker, asi mismo tambien es obligatorio presentarse en el subforo correspondiente. Revisar si lo haveis hecho porque a partir de Febrero todas las cuentas que no cumplan esos requisitos se iran eliminado y no podran recuperarse. Enlace al foro Un saludo, la administracion de xBytes. Larga vida a xBytes y viva el P2P Google Translation: Registration and presentation in the forum We remind all users that we require registration in the forum with the same nickname as in the tracker, it is mandatory also to present yourself in the appropriate subforum. Check if you have done this because from February all accounts that do not meet these requirements are removed and can not be recovered. Link to forum Best regards, the administration of xBytes. Long live and live P2P xBytes