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Latvia’s Largest BitTorrent Tracker Shutdown, Admins Arrested

torrentfreak.com » 2008 » August » 27th » Latvia’s Largest BitTorrent Tracker Shutdown, Admins Arrested

Tagged: legal issues, ifpi, latvia, copyright issues, anti piracy gangs, p2p and filesharing, lampa, file lv

Much to the disappointment of more than 100,000 users, Latvia’s largest BitTorrent tracker has been shut down by the authorities. Following a joint operation by Lativa’s Economic Police and a local IFPI-affiliated anti-piracy agency, two administrators were placed under arrest. File.lv, Latvia’s largest BitTorrent community, was taken offline a few days ago. The 100,000 member tracker reportedly … Continue Reading »

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