The voluntary nature of the shutdown was rare. Unlike The Pirate Bay, which usually goes down fighting, the administrator of ExtraTorrent decided to pull the plug and wipe the database clean to prevent it from falling into the hands of others.
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The site displayed a stark message on its homepage: The voluntary nature of the shutdown was rare
In the history of the internet, few names carry as much weight in the file-sharing community as . Specifically, its primary domain, ExtraTorrent.cc , was once a titan of the web, ranking as the second-largest torrent site in the world, trailing only behind The Pirate Bay. This feature is intended as a historical overview