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When a Torrent disappears from 1337x, how do you find out what happened? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by kuso1@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Yesterday there was a controversial movie torrent that was getting 1000s of downloads and was on the "popular this week" page, and today it's just gone. I went to the uploader's account page and it's not there either. Just like it never existed.

I'm SUPER curious of the story behind what happened. Did the uploader take it down? 1337? Why?

EDIT: The movie was Lady Ballers 2023 (wasn't sure if I was allowed to say) I did a little more research, and I think the copy the uploader put out was YTS but I don't think they were affiliated with them. Maybe YTS told them to take it down? The movie is on their (YTS/YIFY's) website.

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[-] nttea@kbin.social 108 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The uploader deleted it so their drones can make social media posts claiming it was censored to generate more buzz and make sure everyone knows it exists.