NZBMatrix is closed :-(

Visitors have been wondering ‘where to next’, i.e. what is a good alternative to NZBMatrix. One comprehensive source (but without comments and organization) is: http://binsearch.info/ πŸ™‚

Here is their ‘End’ message:

The End…

It is with our regret to announce that NZBMATRIX has closed.

We have had to make this decision due to a very large takedown request from a company called Wiggin LLC. These represent the following: Federation Against Copyright Theft Limited (“FACT”), Paramount Home Entertainment International Limited; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Limited; The Walt Disney Company Limited; Twentieth Century Fox Film Company Limited; Universal Pictures (UK) Limited; Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Limited.

As everyone is aware we are DMCA/Takedown notice compliant, and always have been.
Once this notice is completed we are left with an impossible task of policing our indexing bots.Β Β Even then it won’t stop there, there will be follow-up notices etc.

Coupled with this is problems with payment providers, we have been through pretty much everyone out there, in the end they all pull out.
There are massive server/bandwidth costs to pay, with the payments in-stability this is a very hard task.

NZBMATRIX has never been the subject of any legal issues or threats.

Also the Usenet Indexing scene is going through some changes, with content being removed from pretty much every provider its making the existence of an indexer irrelevant if the content does not even exists anymore.

So it’s time for us to bow out…

http://nzbmatrix.com/the_end.html

A sad day πŸ™

Particularly ironic and sad that I found out about NZBMatrix’s closure immediately after reading:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=29365

Which contains a fairly succinct critique of the current USA copyright system and how vastly different it is from the system the Constitution originally specified. πŸ™

Again, a sad day!

 

2 comments

  • Mark

    Yes, a very sad day. I was fortunate enough to have been a NZBMatrix member for a good 18 months before it shut and will now move on to the next one and hope that doesn’t get shut down too soon.

    If you are struggling to find a new site to download from then type “Nzbmatrix is dead. where to now?” in Google search and the top result will be a forum with many suggestions for alternitive sites.

    RIP NZBMatrix – I’ll remember the good times.

    • Hi Mark,
      Thank you for your comment. πŸ™‚

      Another reader sent me a message that if anyone was familiar with MacGuffin and wondered where his stuff was now, that MacGuffin posts could be found right here.

      Best regards,
      -JD

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