![]() ![]() The closure is expected to take place in the next few days but the announcement carries a similar message to ZT – thanks to everyone, but the show is over. In an announcement Sunday, the operators of popular streaming site Tirexo revealed that they too will shut down. For good measure, the site’s operators say they will “completely destroy” the database and there will be no recovery or reincarnation, meaning that around 11 million monthly users will be affected. Specific domains aren’t listed on the platform but the announcement states that all old and new domains connected with the platform will be closed. We would like to thank everyone who took part in this adventure for their loyalty, their support, and those who made ZT, the download directory. “Thank you all without exception, they were very good times spent sharing on ZT. Yes that’s the end no joke, not everything is eternal,” the message reads. It is on these few lines that we announce the closure of the ZT site. On Monday, visitors to some of the most successful ‘replacement’ domains (zone-telechargement.cam and, for example) found themselves redirected to an announcement revealing that ZT had pulled down the curtain once again. Within hours the site flickered back to life (at least in a limited fashion) and over the years, several platforms with the same name attempted to emulate the original.īizarrely, at least one of these was run by an anti-piracy company but others preferred a more traditional ‘pirate’ business model, attracting blocking measures by rightsholders. But in 2016, ZT ran into serious trouble.įollowing complaints from copyright holders, the French Gendarmerie and Andorran police arrested seven people as part of an operation to shut ZT down. Offering a wide variety of pirated content, including movies, TV shows, games and music, the site’s domain was once the 11th most popular in France. French Military Police Shut Down Site in 2016Īfter being founded in 2011, ZT grew to become one of France’s most-visited sites overall with millions of visitors every month. That’s why we’re reporting today on the closure of Zone-Telechargement (ZT), one of the most popular French-language pirate sites, almost six years after it was first ‘permanently’ shut down. The closure of a pirate site often means that identically named or at least similarly presented platforms appear as reincarnations, replacements, or simply the next big thing. In more recent times, the situation has become more fluid. ![]() The shutters would come down and users would migrate to new homes – story over. In the early days of file-sharing the demise of a large pirate site or service would mean just that. ![]()
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