KickassTorrents Drops the .com Domain in Favour of Something a Bit More Secure

KickassTorrents is a very popular bittorrent search engine that has decided to drop the .com domain in favour of a .ph. Many bittorrent related sites have been dropping the .com domains, because the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been making the point of seizing domains related to file-sharing.

KickassTorrents has been feeling the heat recently. It was one of the sites reported to the US Government last November by the MPAA, who said that it had a “commercial look and feel that could deceive users into thinking it is legitimate.” The United States Trade Representative (USTR) later copied this description in its overview of sites that are “notorious for infringing activities.”

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