SuprNova has just announced that they will shut down permanently:
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Greetings everybody,
As you have probably noticed, we have often had downtimes. This was because it was so hard to keep this site up!
But now we are sorry to inform you all, that SuprNova is closing down for good in the way that we all know it.
We do not know if SuprNova is going to return, but it is certainly not going to be hosting any more torrent links.
We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything.
Thank you all that helped us, by donating mirrors or something else, by uploading and seeding files, by helping people out on IRC and on forum, by spreading the word about SuprNova.org.
It is a sad day for all of us!
Please visit SuprNova.org every once in a while to get the latest news on what is happening and if there is anything new to report on.
As we wish to maintain the nice comunity that we created, we are keppig forums and irc servers open.
Thank you all and Goodbye!
sloncek & the rest of the SuprNova Team
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Even if the message does not say it, the timing and the mentioning about not hosting any torrent links in the future suggest strongly that they have also been targeted in the MPAA's campaign.
The ongoing events are likely to change the p2p landscape in a major way. BitTorrent in its present form - relying on public link websites and centralized trackers - has been vulnerable to attacks all along. Considering its huge popularity there will be a great demand for a safer decentralized network operating on the same efficient file distribution principles. We know that SuprNova guys themselves were working on a project called
Exeem that was meant to decentralize at least some of their functionality. It remains to be seen if they will continue with the project... in any case it is certain that the resourceful p2p developer community will come up with new solutions for the distribution of large files. Yet another case of forced technological evolution.
- tg
