No LokiTorrent?
p2pnet.net News:- With LokiTorrent, et al, under the guns of the Big Seven music studios, a lot of people are wondering where to go.
Slyck’s Cory Higgins has a few ideas on the subject.
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Top 10 LokiTorrent.com Alternatives
By Cory Higgins – Slyck
This list is not meant to be an absolute. Instead, it has been developed to give those seeking alternatives to the now closed LokiTorrent.com some choices. I hope this list will lead to debate, and posting of other good alternatives. Enjoy!
10. BTsite.tk – No Registration Required
While not an actual Torrent site, this site indexes the many Torrent sites out there on the net. No Torrent fan can do without this one!
9. TorrentKube.org - No Registration Required
This new comer has a nice layout and offers quite a few Torrents. The webmaster also claims the site is hosted in China where it’s nice and safe from the likes of the MPAA
8. ShareLive.com – Registration Required
Sharelive has been around for a long time as far as Torrent sites go. It suffered a long period of downtime but is back in full force now. You will also find hashlinks to files on various other networks here.
7. Torrentz.com – No Registration Required
This great Torrent site was forced to close down for awhile due to legal troubles. However it has returned with a new, safe overseas host. Torrentz features a nice, easy to use layout and an ever growing amount of content.
6. TV-Swarm.com - No Registration Required
TV-Swarm is your one stop Torrent spot for new TV episodes. High quality HDTV and PDTV rips of all the newest shows are posted often within a few short hours of there airing.
5. TorrentPortal.com – No Registration Required
This site has a nice strait forward easy to use interface and offers a nice selection of Torrents – will probably see a large influx of users with Loki going down.
4. TorrentBox.com – No Registration Required
A site very similar to TorrentPortal. Worth checking out for sure, shows much promise.
3. ThePirateBay.org - Registration Required
If you want to be part of a site that will stand up to the MPAA, this site is for you. Has been around for some time and doesn’t appear to have any plans on closing anytime soon. Nice layout and a real wealth of content.
2. ISOHunt.com – No Registration Required
This is one of two sites that will be competing for the crown of king of Torrents. Nice easy to use search interface. A must stop webpage for Torrent fans.
1. TorrentSpy.com – No Registration Required
TorrentSpy looks to be the front runner in the race to be the “next Loki”. Its’ easy to use search interface and in depth library of Torrents makes it easy for anyone to find whatever they might need. It has also been around for awhile and doesn’t look to be closing its doors anytime soon.
If you know of any other Torrent sites that people should know about, please feel free to post them.
NOTE: We’ve just been told the The PirateBay’s BT-tracker doesn’t, in fact, require registration. “The registration feature is simply for commenting and uploading purposes, the usage of the site can be totally anonymous.”
Thanks for letting us know, Linus.
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February 12th, 2005 at 2:25 am
February 12th, 2005 at 3:45 am
I want to say what a tactical blunder it is to post a list like this on a well known site for p2p news..
Why not just send the letter to the MPAA themselves with header “go get em!”
February 12th, 2005 at 4:19 am
well, this site’s purpose is to report the news and support the community….it’s a fine line to walk, don’t report news that would obviously be useful to the community or withhold information based on an individual opinion, tough call.
I don’t think Jon did anything wrong here.
TT
February 12th, 2005 at 4:47 am
the last time someone posted a list here i watched over that week as each fell offline pointing fingers back at the mpaa. if it doesnt happen this time i guess it will have been a coincidence. But i understand where you come from.
February 12th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
I would agree that the fear should be there that the more attention is drawn to a site the larger the target is painted over it.
But I think it is safe for all of us to say, that posting such a list doesn’t necessarily impact the chances of a site becoming a target.
If we seriously look at the logic, a site is becoming more popular most times is based on one thing – web search. Would it not be safe to assume that the MPAA would do the same?
Yes posting a list doesn’t help the site’s cause, as now more and more scramble to replace the fallen site, they will natural go to the next best. So that site continues to grow, the MPAA targets that latest one, and alas, we in time would then bid them adieu as well.
P2P is clearly a votile business, let’s just hope that MPAA starts to lose some more of their battles.
Just my 2 cents.
Call Sign: The Crusader
February 13th, 2005 at 7:01 am
http://www.2mediarelations.com/px/loki/
February 13th, 2005 at 8:35 am
nice, forums without registration.
February 13th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
I think bi-torrent.com is good becuase its a suprnova mirror. and for mac stuff. UNrealmac.com is getting things back.