The Kickass Torrents, είναι μια από τις πιο δημοφιλείς ιστοσελίδες torrents σε ολόκληρο το διαδίκτυο. Οι χρήστες του ανεβάζουν χιλιάδες αρχεία στο site καθημερινά αλλά όπως φαίνεται δεν παραμένουν και πολύ. Στην πραγματικότητα, τα τελευταία χρόνια η ιστοσελίδα he's got remove more than a million torrents to comply with takedown requests from beneficiaries.
Like many other torrent sites, KAT is often used to share pirated files, to great frustration for copyright owners.
However, unlike other websites like Pirate Bay, the CTA accepts DMCA takedown notices. This means that copyright holders have the ability to remove infringing content from the site.
This choice has not gone unnoticed by site users, who have often seen torrents that are rising to disappear in real time. In other cases, it may be quite difficult to find the last episode of your favorite TV show.
TorrentFreak asked the Kickass Torrents team how many DMCA requests it accepts.
According to official data from the KAT, 15.794 torrent files were deleted last week, and 55.238 in the last month. This means that the site deletes more than half a million torrents per year.
The fact is certainly a source of frustration for users, but it also encourages others to look for creative solutions to "revive" deleted torrents.
So in the Kickass Torrents forums, the members of the site discuss alternative means to gain access to removed content. Creating, for example, a magnet link from the torrent hash.
Apart from the discussion, however, users continue to re-download the missing files, continuing the cat game with the mouse.
