HBO is also set to launch its own standalone streaming service this year for those who don't have a cable package. I'm not sure about the US, but GoT season 4 episodes were available for purchase in Australia the day after it aired in the US: Episodes of shows are showing up on streaming services much faster, so you can watch many of them a day or so after it originally aired. It's not clear you understand the point of the comic, which is that people are willing to pay for content as long as it's provided in a convenient manner to do so. It's so weird: as though you haven't actually read the comic in question. It's so weird: as though the people who foot the bill for producing content don't want to make it easy to consume said content without paying for it. Meanwhile: cue The Oatmeal comic on how hard it is to see Game of Thrones without spending >$100/mo on cable. This story originally appeared on Wired UK. Whether this is a stopgap measure remains to be seen, though-the site was previously targeted for takedown requests through that URL, so further "relocation" efforts may occur. to domain, with no loss in functionality. The Pirate Bay isn't what it once was since its return-fake torrents, a lack of new uploads, and no moderation has caused concern for users-and with Kickass similarly out of commission, there's no comparable "all you can eat" torrent site easily accessible on a global basis.įebruary 9, 2pm BST: It appears that Kickass Torrents has reverted to its former. In the interim, it is actually something of a victory for the copyright industry, creating possibly the first significant hurdle for users looking to download content. However, Kickass Torrents has moved domains several times since its creation in 2008 and there's no reason to suspect that the site owners won't do so again. This higher profile may have inadvertently led to its takedown, with the higher traffic drawing attention from the authorities.
so domain, including the unaffiliated scam site kickasstorrents.so, have also been taken down, which indicates a far-reaching block on any URL with "kickass" in it that is based in the country.ĭuring the seven weeks and change that The Pirate Bay was offline, Kickass surged in popularity, becoming the number one torrent site on the internet. The Somali registry was seen as a safe haven for the site, away from copyright holders and their lawyers, but it appears the takedown was a result of a claim. A look at its Whois record shows the site listed as banned. The site, which was already blocked from direct UK access as a result of high court blocking orders, now turns up an error message when users attempt to access its Somali .so domain.
While The Pirate Bay returned last week, Kickass Torrents has now been taken down via a domain name seizure. In the world of online piracy, it seems like it's one in, one out at the moment.
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