Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes ‘Legal’

Courtesy TorrentFreak  Thu, 11/26/2009 - 07:27

mininovaMininova’s decision to delete all infringing torrents from its index marks the end of an era that started five years ago.

In December 2004, the demise of the mighty Suprnova left a meteor crater in the fledgling BitTorrent landscape.

This gaping hole was soon filled by the dozens of new sites that emerged to fulfil the public’s increasing demands for torrents. Mininova became the most successful of all.

Mininova was founded in early 2005 by five...


 

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