Suprnova.org calls it quits in wake of BitTorrent suitsThe Associated Press
Updated: 4:36 p.m. ET Dec. 20, 2004NEW YORK - One of the Web's most popular file-sharing sites has shut down less than a week after Hollywood announced a flurry of lawsuits against operators of such Internet servers.
A note posted on Suprnova.org, which facilitated sharing among users of the BitTorrent program, said the site was "closing down for good." The collection of links to downloadable files, including music, movies and books, was taken down.
"We are very sorry for this, but there was no other way, we have tried everything," the statement said.
Reached via Suprnova.org's chat room, the site's anonymous operator refused to comment on why it had shut down.
Last week, movie studios sued more than 100 operators of U.S. and European sites that host BitTorrent links but did not name the defendants.
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