KickassTorrents, frequently truncated to KAT, is resurrected.
The first group behind the enormously effective site have brought the ancient torrent store once again from the verge.
US law requirement close KickAssTorrents prior this year.
With more than one million guests consistently, the torrent site was easily the world’s most prevalent record sharing site.
The enormously effective site empowered torrent clients to effortlessly share music, video, and other document sorts with individuals over the world utilizing distributed sharing.
KickassTorrents organizer Artem Vaulin was captured in Poland on July 21st 2016.
Ukrainian Mr Vaulin’s site had turned out to be so well known as of late, it was evaluated to be justified regardless of some $54 million, with assessed yearly promoting income in the scope of $12.5 million to $22.3 million.
Right hand Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, of the US Department of Justice, said in an announcement: “with an end goal to sidestep law implementation, Vaulin supposedly depended on servers situated in nations around the globe and moved his domains because of rehashed seizures and common claims. His capture in Poland, be that as it may, exhibits again that cybercriminals can run, yet they can’t escape equity.”
As per another report by TorrentFreak, the first individuals from the KickassTorrents group have restored the site.
In the weeks following the conclusion of KickassTorrents, a large number of clone sites flew up on the web.
In any case, the new exertion by the first group – named KATcr – plans to stay away from the issues that prompt the shutdown of the first site.
In spite of the fact that it is indistinguishable to its ancestor in appearance, the recently patched up site ships with a perfect client database and an overhauled DMCA takedown system, TorrentFreak claims.
The DMCA takedown system on KATcr is like those utilized on sites like YouTube, which assert the site itself does not store any copyrighted material on their servers.
The new site likewise contains a connection to the music video for Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up – a wink from the designers, indicating that this time they are staying put.
Addressing TorrentFreak, the staff behind the site stated: “The greater part of our unique Staff, Admins and Moderation group went along with us after Kat.cr went down – which is something we’re extremely glad for.
“This demonstrates the reliability, devotion and genuine love for KAT that we as a whole offer.”
These returning staff members were not really the designers of the first, far reaching site – anyway, they plainly figured out how to pull sufficiently together information to imitate its forerunner with eery flawlessness.
“We have all our major uploaders 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,” the KATcr crew revealed.
And when pushed about the legality to bringing the infamous website back, the staffers told TorrentFreak: “KAT is a community-based forum and a torrent search engine. It’s the heart of who we are and that will never change.
“Despite opinions to the contrary, torrents are not illegal and we do not host any content.”
Whether the US law enforcement that shutdown the original website sees it that way remains to be seen.
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