Torrentz

Torrentz was a Finland-based metasearch engine for BitTorrent, run

Torrentz
by an individual known as Flippy.[3] It indexed torrents from various
major torrent websites, and offered compilations of various trackers
per torrent that were not necessarily present in the default .torrent file,
so that when a tracker was down, other trackers could do the work. It
[4]
was the second most popular torrent website in 2012.

Contents
Usage
History
Torrentz website and screenshot for a selected
Clones
torrent.
See also
Type of site Torrent meta-search engine
References
External links Available in English
Dissolved August 5, 2016
Created by Flippy (alias)
Usage Website torrentz.eu
Torrentz's user interface was simple; it had only a user menu and a (.com until April 2011)
search panel. Users were not required to register before searching files. Alexa rank 186 (July 2016)[1]

To perform a search, users would simply type in a string of keywords Commercial No

within the autocomplete-enabled search field and execute the search by Registration Optional
either pressing the search button in the UI or the enter key on the Launched 15 July 2003[2]
keyboard. From there, a list of matching torrent files were displayed on
Current status Closed
the screen for the user to choose from. This list could be filtered by age
(one day, three days, one week or one month) and by "safety &
quality" ("any", "good" or "verified"). The "good" filter was applied by default, and "verified" was reserved for torrents uploaded by
well-known groups.[5]

Selecting a torrent from the search results list would take the user to another page listing the websites currently hosting the specified
torrent (with which users would download files). As Torrentz used meta-search engines, users would be redirected to other torrent
sites to download content (commonlyKickassTorrents, which was considered safe to use).

History
In November 2008, scammers using fake papers attempted to take over the torrentz.com domain. As a backup, the site administrator
set up the domain torrentz.eu.[6] After December 18, 2010, torrentz.eu became the site's default domain, due to the domain name
[7]
seizures carried out by US authorities on various torrent websites.

In 2013, Paramount Pictures sent a DMCA claim to Google to remove the Torrentz homepage and two other pages from its search
[8]
engine. Torrentz counter-claimed on this request,claiming that the links did not infringe any copyright policies.
On 26 May 2014, Torrentz had its domain name suspended without a court order[9][10] following a request from the Police
Intellectual Property Crime Unit. A day later, the suspension of torrentz.eu was lifted. The website had three alternative domains
(.me, .ch and .in) and hoped to move the .eu domain to a new registrar. All of these domains have since been blocked within the UK
by Sky.[11][12]

On August 5, 2016, Torrentz was shut down by its operators with the message "Torrentz will always love you. Farewell." displayed;
it operated for over 13 years.[13]

Clones
In August 2016, a few days after Torrentz shut down, an unofficial clone of Torrentz - Torrentz2.eu - was launched that initially
indexed 60 million torrents.[14] Later that month, another unofficial clone - torrentzeu.to - was launched that initially indexed 30
million torrents.[15]

See also
Comparison of BitTorrent sites
Websites blocked in the United Kingdom
Internet censorship in Australia

References
1. "Torrentz.eu Site Info" (http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/torrentz.eu). Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
2. "Torrentz WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools" (http://whois.domaintools.com/torrentz.com). WHOIS.
Retrieved 2016-07-21.
3. "torrentz.eu – Torrent Search Engine" (http://whois.domaintools.com/torrentz.eu). 2011-04-16.
4. "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2012" (http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2012-12010
7/). Torrentfreak.com. 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
5. Ernesto (29 January 2008)."Torrentz Introduces Verified Torrents and More New Features" (http://torrentfreak.com/t
orrentz-new-features-and-verified-torrents-080129/)
. TorrentFreak.
6. "Torrentz Faces Hostile Domain Takeover" (http://torrentfreak.com/torrentz-faces-hostile-domain-takeover-081105/)
.
Torrentfreak.com. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
7. "Torrentz dumps .com" (http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-domain-exodus-continues-as-torrentz-dumps-com-
101218/). Torrentfreak.com. 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
8. "Paramount Censors Torrentz's Torrentless Homepage from Google"(http://torrentfreak.com/paramount-censors-torr
entzs-torrentless-homepage-from-google-130315/)
. TorrentFreak. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
9. "Registrars Can't Hold 'Pirate' Domains Hostage Without Court Order"(http://torrentfreak.com/registrars-cant-hold-pir
ate-domains-hostage-without-court-order-140110/). TorrentFreak. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
10. "Whatever Happened to "Due Process" ?"(http://blog.easydns.org/2013/10/08/whatever-happened-to-due-process/)
.
easyDNS. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
11. "Torrentz.eu Domain suspended after UK Police request" (http://torrentfreak.com/torrentz-eu-domain-suspended-uk-
police-request-140526/). TorrentFreak. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
12. "Torrentz.eu Domain Unsuspended and BackIn Action" (http://torrentfreak.com/torrentz-eu-domain-unsuspended-ba
ck-action-140527/). TorrentFreak. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
13. "Torrentz Shuts Down, Largest Torrent Meta-Search Engine Says Farewell"(https://torrentfreak.com/torrentz-shuts-d
own-largest-torrent-meta-search-engine-says-farewell-160805/)
. TorrentFreak August 5, 2016
14. Torrentz2.eu clone rises to take place of earlier website (http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-techn
ology/torrentz-eu-clone-website-goes-online-2964137/)August 10, 2016
15. New Torrentz Clone Appears: Alternative Mirror Site Includes Pirate Bay And Extratorrent Searches(http://www.techt
imes.com/articles/174475/20160822/new-torrentz-clone-appears-alternative-mirror-site-includes-pirate-bay-and-extr
atorrent-searches.htm)Tech Times
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