A few hours ago the Somalian domain of the most-visited torrent site on the Internet was listed as “banned” by the .SO registry, forcing the site’s operators to find a new home. So as this moment, KickAssTorrent has lost access to its Kickass.so domain name and was left the site offline and has left users unable to access the site but the good news is, the KAT team have reverted back to its Kickass.to domain name which is accessible to most people on the .to domain now, so fear not.
The site’s popularity has made it a prime target for copyright holders, many of whom would like to see the site taken offline but to evade law enforcement and ease pressure from the entertainment industries, KAT has moved domain on a few occasions over the past several years. Most recently the site has been operating from the Kickass.so domain. The Somalian .so TLD appeared to be a relatively safe haven, but apparently that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
The .SO registry also blacklisted the scam site kickasstorrents.so, which is not affiliated with the KAT team. It is likely that the registry acted following a complaint from copyright holders although this hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. The Pirate Bay also lost several of its domain names, including thepiratebay.ac and and thepiratebay.sx, after similar complaints.
