After a decade operation, TorrentHound announced today on TF that it is shutting down with a single word: “Finito”
TorrentHound leaves behind millions μηνιαίους επισκέπτες, αν και ποτέ δεν κατάφερε να φτάσει το επίπεδο των γιγάντων του είδους: The Pirate Bay, Torrentz και KickAss Torrents.
So three of the biggest torrent sites stopped working in the last few months. The Pirate Bay seems to be more durable but KickAss Torrents and Torrentz have succumbed to the pressure.
Although TorrentHound was smaller, it could not avoid complaints from copyright holders. The problem it started with the website being blocked in several countries, although it always found a way to stay online. Until today.
TorrentFreak concludes that closing the site came as a result of ongoing pressures from the US Department of Justice.
Shortly afterwards, however, the founder of the TorrentHound website contacted TF and announced to explain the site's shutdown:
"It's a combination of small movements, little income and that our bills (expenses) are piling up. Then add in the ever-increasing anti-piracy factors, it just wasn't worth the headache anymore.”
