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Old 12th Apr 04, 04:34 AM
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ShareReactor shut down by Swiss authorities


Well-known P2P site ShareReactor has been apparently shut down by the Swiss authorities. According to news sources, Swiss Judical Inquiry Department of Thurgau has shut down the site due copyright infringements. The site was probably the world's largest site that listed direct links to pirated material in P2P networks, using so-called ed2k links that work with eDonkey2000-compatible clients (such as eMule).

The press release by the Swiss Judical Inquiry Department of Thurgau, translated by an individual third party:


Internet-Site taken offline

FRAUENFELD (kapo) Due to the suspicion of breach of copyright and trademark laws the cantonal judicial Inquiry department of Thurgau has taken down an Internet-Site that served as a link platform for filesharing offerings. A process concerning these matters against the 25 year old owner from Frauenfeld is underway.

The Internet-Site located in Frauenfeld was online for about 30 months and last had over 220.000 hits per day bevor it was taken offline by the Thurgau officials. The in search engines toprated site worked as a anchorpoint for links to downloads of copyright and trademark protectet games and movies that were offered on the filesharing network.

After a complaint from several large corporations, represented by the swiss association against piracy, the cantonal judicial inquiry department of Thurgau initiated an investigation, seized the servers in Frauenfeld and had the site taken offline.

The responsible owner, a 25 year old swiss proved to be very cooperative in explaining matters at hand. The inquiries continue and will take some time.

Ernst Vogelsanger


According to Slyck.com, also the ed2k stats site Jigle.com has been shut down, but by the author of the site rather than the law enforcement organizations.

More information:
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=427
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Old 12th Apr 04, 04:55 PM
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Smells fishy to me,
I think I know the owner "chris" (pretty good) from a past life and it would not surprise me if this is one big bubble to let him stop and keep the hardware & donations without members looking him up & rebuilding his face for free. He pulled some weird things in the past, he will do it again. My .2cents
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What is the world coming to? Action against a site which trades nothing more than 32 byte hashes (ed2k links). What next, will sharing file names of copyrighted CD's be illegal?
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Originally posted by Zone-MR@Apr 14 2004, 03:19 PM
What is the world coming to? Action against a site which trades nothing more than 32 byte hashes (ed2k links). What next, will sharing file names of copyrighted CD's be illegal?
If that happen's i'm putting in my patent for the name DoG, copyrighting it and charging royalties to everyone who says "I'm walking the dog". Then i'm going to sue the makers of the film DoGma for retroactive damages
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