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Popular Torrent Site Suprnova Set to Return

By Ed Oswald, BetaNews

August 3, 2007, 11:38 AM

Popular torrent site The Pirate Bay says it will relaunch Suprnova.org, one of the most popular BitTorrent sites on the Internet and target of the ire of the MPAA.

The site had been hinting for about four months that it would be making some type of major announcement, and had made cryptic comments to those who had pressed for more details. The project also apparently has the blessing of the former owner of the site.

'Sloncek,' the former owner of Suprnova, will remain active in the new site through the forums that will be hosted on a separate domain. He has donated the domain to the project, however he has attached several conditions to its use: The new Suprnova needs to retain the old design and feel, although the new owners can upgrade it. Additionally, the site needs to be public and not private.

Suprnova's resurrection seems to be somewhat of a retaliatory move towards the entertainment industry that has been trying hard recently to clamp down on peer-to-peer sharing.

"We talked it over and decided it was something people would have use for, it would help the torrent community and it would also signal that if you shut one down it will get back up again," The Pirate Bay adminstrator 'Brokep' told TorrentFreak.

The MPAA could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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By PostDeals

posted Aug 4, 2007 - 9:10 PM

MPAA and RIAA should be investigated for their actions. They are the money hungry folks that don't care for anyone but their wallets.

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By GS5

edited Aug 4, 2007 - 6:06 PM

Kids, stealing is wrong let mommy and daddy buy your music for you.

But PHUCK the MPAA and the RIAA.
For every site they shut down 10 new ones should pop back up:-)

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By imafurby

posted Aug 4, 2007 - 9:04 AM

Maybe it's old fashioned, but I have trouble seriously considering the legitimacy an organization that goes by the name of "The Pirate Bay".

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By tigger4046

posted Aug 3, 2007 - 10:29 PM

Actually they are observing BT in a way. It seems the orginal BitTorrent has gone commercial hooking up with vendors to allow faster download of demos, shareware and other type products and over time will allow additional services. Over time when the software and technology is more understood and not so much as feared there is potential for growth.

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By Adrian79

posted Aug 3, 2007 - 7:50 PM

LOVE IT!!!

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By fadeblack

posted Aug 3, 2007 - 1:41 PM

Got to love a company that laughs in the face of Corporate Lawyers. Pirate Bay ROCKS!!!

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By SnakerDLK

posted Aug 3, 2007 - 1:37 PM

maybe it wont be a success because of the site itself compared to torrentspy and mininova...

but its THE classic bittorrent website...
all of the oldtimers and peeps that know somewhat about bittorrent know this site...

like a monument to bittorrent XDDD
(okay....maybe I got a little to overexited and revolutionary....but still !)

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By ModderXManiac

posted Aug 3, 2007 - 1:59 PM

No, you're completely right.

Suprnova is the classic Porsche of BT sites. Now they just needa bring it back as a new Lambourghini :D

(appologize for car metaphors)

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By ModderXManiac

posted Aug 3, 2007 - 1:02 PM

I don't think that it will be quite the success it once was, what with Torrentspy and Mininova being as large as they are now, they better have something powerful and unique.