RARBG, one of the largest torrent sites in the world, greeted millions of users on Wednesday. This was explained by the website, which used to be a source to download movies, series and TV shows. it is no longer possible to sustain it financially.
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Founded in 2008, RARBG has become a key player in the torrenting ecosystem. The site has not only attracted millions of monthly visitors from around the world, but has also been a major center for copyright litigation and releases. accused of piracy
In a message posted on the site's home page, the The team announced his farewell.
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RARBG cites multiple reasons behind the surprise decision, including COVID-related health concerns that led to the tragic death of one of those involved. The war between Russia and Ukraine it affected the team as well, with RARBG suggesting that it had members fighting on both sides.
โThe last 2 years have been very difficult for us: some people on our team have died due to covid complications, others are still suffering from side effects, unable to work. some are too fighting the war in Europe, BOTH SIDESโ, the team writes, in all caps.
The cost of the servers.
Another key reason for the closure, they explained, has to do with the operating costs of data centers in Europe. And as the income had trouble keeping up rising costsShutting down the site permanently seemed like the best option.
โInflation makes our daily expenses impossible to cover. Therefore, we can no longer operate this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After a unanimous vote, we have decided that we can no longer do this."
โI'm sorry byeโ, closes the message.
The shutdown also marks the end of popular RARBG releases, many of which have also been shared via other pirate sites. These high-quality releases, which aside from the early days never included CAM, are some of the most downloaded ever.
The news is therefore a major shutdown from 2015, when KickassTorrents, Torrentz, and ExtraTorrent were shut down.
Downloading content, questioned
A popular book download site that runs via Telegram was also taken down in the same week. This is added to the list of options for downloading content that is blocked. At the end of last year, another popular download site - z-library - was removed.
In most cases these sites are removed because the files uploaded there for download do not have the permission of the publishers, which constitutes a crime of intellectual property infringement (piracy).
Z-library It is what is known as a โshadow libraryโ: they upload books for users to download for free. They are a pain in the ass for publishers and are in constant conflict, often leading to the removal of websites that host these files.
On the side of those who defend these systems are the costs: in many cases, due to the high price of books, access to culture or even study is blocked.
The same goes for movie download sites, never without controversy.
