Aaargh! So I was late in hearing about this. Perhaps because I was off the radar for a bit last week. Apparently, KickAss Torrents (KAT) founder Artem Vaulin was arrested in Poland on July 20 by the US officials for copyright violation in connection with distribution of movies, video games, music and other content worth over $1 billion.
The site’s domains were seized but, as has been learned from the Pirate Bay experience, these bans don’t last long. On Friday, Kickass Torrents resurfaced on the world wide web via clone sites. Some of the links other blogs have put up seem to not be available but I found two working ones as at today.
http://dxtorrent.com/ is a mirrored kat.cr.
The KAT team has noticed all these mirrors as well, and have warned that none of these are connected to the old team, urging people to proceed with caution.
“Please be aware that there is no legitimate fully-working KAT site available so be cautious and never attempt to login to any fake sites that may appear online,” Mr.Black warns.
Meanwhile, the alleged operator of KickassTorrents faces extradition to the United States. As far as we know he still remains in Poland, but the authorities haven’t announced any new information since last week, while the court case remains sealed.
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