POPULAR file sharing site Torrents.eu is taken offline with fans left unable to access illegal content.
It seems the days illegal file sharing could be numbered.
Just a few weeks after one of the world's biggest torrents sites was closed another appears to have gone offline.
Torrents.eu has been up and running for over 12 years and is hugely popular amongst the sharing community.
But the site, which has millions of users logging in everyday, has annouced it's closing its digital doors.
Although users can still access the homepage, the search function no longer works and the file torrents are all inactive.
According to TorrentFreak , a post from Torrents.eu states “Torrentz was a free, fast and powerful meta-search engine combining results from dozens of search engines,” it says.
“Torrentz will always love you. Farewell.”
Just last month the onwer of Kickass Torrents, Artem Vaulin, was taken into custody during a raid and now faces a number of charges including conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.
KickassTorrent has become so popular in recent years it's thought to be worth more than $54 million, with estimated annual advertising revenue in the range of $12.5 million to $22.3 million.
Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell from the Department of Justice said in a statement: “In an effort to evade law enforcement, Vaulin allegedly relied on servers located in countries around the world and moved his domains due to repeated seizures and civil lawsuits.
"His arrest in Poland, however, demonstrates again that cybercriminals can run, but they cannot hide from justice.”
This latest file sharing news comes just weeks after a prolific uploader of content to torrent sites was hit with a massive fine.
The unnamed uploader has agreed to pay a cash settlement to Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN.
The fine is thought to be in the region of €7,500 (£6,000) which is a hefty sum for using the popular site.
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