Romania Seizes Domain of the World’s Largest Private Torrent Site Filelist.ro Following Criminal Investigation.
Romania is known for having ineffective and lackluster policies in preventing content piracy. It is, in fact, on the USTR’s watch list [PDF] for the year 2020. Therefore, it isn’t too surprising that Romanian authorities are keen on tackling the challenging task of curbing online and broadcast piracy, and the latest incident involving Filelist.ro is clear proof of that.
Reportedly, the domain of Filelist.ro, which has become one of the world’s largest and most popular private BitTorrent tracker platform since its foundation in 2007, has been seized by Romanian authorities.
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With over a million members and between 7.5 to 10 million daily visits so far in 2020, this invite-only platform’s operators are currently in hot waters as they are facing criminal investigation carried out by the Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
The main domain of the website Filelist.ro is currently displaying a message in the Romanian language that confirms the website is being investigated. It is definitely shocking for users of BitTorrent who rely upon private trackers for downloading pirated content.
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