[Link] Zippyshare Quits After 17 Years, 45m Visits Per Month Makes No Money

Read: 21/3/2023 torrentfreak.com

After almost 17 years online, file-hosting veteran Zippyshare will shut down at the end of the month. Founded in 2006, Zippyshare was known for its free, no-nonsense, no-frills approach to storing files online.

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[Link] Piracy Icon LimeWire Is Coming Back, But As an NFT Marketplace

Read: 9/3/2022 www.vice.com

LimeWire as we knew it shut down in 2010, after a judge ruled that LimeWire’s creator, Mark Gorton, on charges of copyright infringement and helping others infringe artists’ copyrights. But here in 2022, LimeWire is back—as an NFT marketplace. 

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