Yesterday at Unite Europe ( video), Unity made an important announcement. While that’s certainly possible, a much more convenient explanation is at hand. Zorro says he has suspicions that a user he previously complained about may have had something to do with his torrents being removed. Of course, for many copyright holders to coordinate on a single day would be quite a thing, but dealing with Zorro was a little more straightforward.Īll of Zorro’s torrents contained content belonging to game engine and asset company Unity, with most appearing to have been sourced from its Asset Store. To underline the scale of the takedown, the image below provided by Zorro himself shows the mass of popups he received from KickassTorrents when the torrents were deleted. “Not in one day.it’s within 12 minutes,” Zorro explained.

In a broken English response to VIruz, another KAT uploader who thought the torrents had been taken down over the period of a day, Zorro revealed the truth. Overall, Zorro has uploaded well in excess of 2,400 torrents to KAT but today they have all been removed following copyright holder action. He describes himself as a male from Uganda although there are signs he could hail from somewhere in Asia. ‘Zorro’ is one of the few users on KAT to have achieved the rank of Elite Uploader. However, one particular user has more than the average reason to feel deflated this morning. While no overall stats are provided by the site, disappearing torrents are common phenomena, much to the disappointment of many users. One site that complies with DMCA takedown notices is market leader KickassTorrents (KAT). For those who want to stay online, complying with them is often seen as essential.Īs a result it is extremely common to visit big sites to view a torrent only to find that it has been removed by rightsholders. For many torrent sites, dealing with a flood of DMCA takedown requests (or their EU equivalent) is a part of everyday life. The Pirate Bay, however, is somewhat of an exception. It’s not clear how many DMCA takedown notices The Pirate Bay receives each day but the site is extremely clear – no torrents are ever removed following a request from copyright holders.

Unity assets torrent