It won’t exactly be the last to falter as a result of the MegaUpload fallout, although you have to wonder how many competitors – or brand new sites – will now be jumping on the opportunity to provide an alternative to BTjunkie users.Īs Accel Partners VC Max Niederhofer points out on Twitter, the shutdown of BTjunkie follows other abrupt decisions made by the likes of QuickSilverScreen (closed) and FileSonic (file sharing functionality terminated). In other words, the war that’s being waged upon file storage and sharing services, many of which are used to upload and distribute copyrighted content, has claimed another casualty. It’s been an experience of a lifetime, we wish you all the best!īTjunkie’s founder went into more detail in a conversation with TorrentFreak, stating that the recent legal actions against other file sharing services such as MegaUpload and The Pirate Bay played an important role in the decision-making process. We’ve been fighting for years for your right to communicate, but it’s time to move on. The decision does not come easy, but we’ve decided to voluntarily shut down.

BTjunkie, a popular BitTorrent search service, has been ‘voluntarily’ shut down by its operator(s).

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