Suprnova's demise as a BitTorrent clearing house coincides with increasing legal pressure in America and Europe against P2P-enabled piracy. In the last week the
Movie Picture Ass. of America
signalled its intention to pursue the P2P server operators in a new front in its war internet movie pirates. Also, a popular BitTorrent site in Finland was raided by police, and an eDonkey site in the Netherlands was raided and shut down.
the above taken from the register is sad news, but the abbreviation for the MPAA is great.
It's British thing, I think. I've laughed out loud numerous times while reading Reg articles due to that particular abbreviation.