The wildly popular peer-to-peer sharing site Kickass Torrents, also known as KAT, is back. A few months back in 2016, KickAss Torrents was shut down by the United States Justice Department. Artem Vaulin, the Ukrainian brains behind the sharing site, was detained in Poland on July 21, 2016. A motion was filed to have the charges dismissed, but the US court vehemently denied this, claiming that KAT was a flea market for infringing.
KickAss Torrents is reportedly worth around $54 million while its annual advertising revenue is about $12.5 million to $22.3 million. It's no shocker since the site attracts a million of visitors per day.
The founding staff of Kickass Torrents, called KATcr, have apparently set the site into motion once more, according to Torrent Freak.
"The majority of our original Staff, Admins and Moderation team joined us after Kat.cr went down - which is something we're very proud of," says the KATcr staff to Torrent Freak. The staff claims that it shows the loyalty, dedication and real love for KAT that they share.
KATcr is expecting to evade future shutdowns. While the look and feel of the new site are the same as the old one, it boasts a DMCA takedown procedure. The staff says this takedown procedure is the same as YouTube's, saying that they do not actually store any copyrighted material on their servers. The staff strongly states that KAT is a community-based forum and torrent search engine, adding that torrents are not illegal.
Many of KickAss Torrents known uploaders are also back on the site to put up new content for users to get their hands on. Torrent users are sure to be delighted with this revival treat just right after the short time The Pirate Bay went down and other similar sites like ExtraTorrent were under several cyber attacks.
