nzbmatrix quits

Amleto · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:39

The End...

It is with our regret to announce that NZBMATRIX has closed.

We have had to make this decision due to a very large takedown request from a company called Wiggin LLC. These represent the following: Federation Against Copyright Theft Limited ("FACT"), Paramount Home Entertainment International Limited; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Limited; The Walt Disney Company Limited; Twentieth Century Fox Film Company Limited; Universal Pictures (UK) Limited; Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Limited.

As everyone is aware we are DMCA/Takedown notice compliant, and always have been.
Once this notice is completed we are left with an impossible task of policing our indexing bots. Even then it won't stop there, there will be follow-up notices etc.

Coupled with this is problems with payment providers, we have been through pretty much everyone out there, in the end they all pull out.
There are massive server/bandwidth costs to pay, with the payments in-stability this is a very hard task.

NZBMATRIX has never been the subject of any legal issues or threats.

Also the Usenet Indexing scene is going through some changes, with content being removed from pretty much every provider its making the existence of an indexer irrelevant if the content does not even exists anymore.

So it's time for us to bow out...

www.nzbmatrix.com

For those that though usenet would fly under the radar, I guess you'll have to think again.

Mike UK · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:41

Argh I was only using this hours ago!

Well that's me finished as far as newsgroups go nowhere good to search for nzbs.

Nitefly · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:43

Federation against copyright theft.... Fact.

You couldn't make it up

yhack · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:44

Oh well, there's only the rest of the internet to find nzbs. That one was my favourite though.

oli356 · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:46

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18229938

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18467732

wannabedamned · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:48

Thats the reason torrents will probably be the last remaining source of this kind of thing. DHT, Peer exchange and magnet links means it all works without the need for servers\server cost.

Yes I'm aware download rates were sky high when downloading via Nzb, but I've never had much trouble with torrents to be fair.

Randomface74 · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:53

Torrents are too easy to traffic shape.

yoyo50 · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:53

All they do is host the nzb files tho, you still need a provider

Kol · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:56

They must be rolling in it though. It was useless without paying the £7.

MartynB85 · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:58

Bummer, I used this a lot

yoyo50 · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:58

That £7 was for a life time account too.

weringo · 9 Dec 2012 at 11:59

I'm guessing we don't get our £7 back

RaidenGB · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:03

weringo said:
I'm guessing we don't get our £7 back

I'll said no hope :eek:

TaKeN · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:11

FFS

& NZB ***

BananaDunka · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:14

Nitefly said:
Federation against copyright theft.... Fact.

You couldn't make it up

thebeagle · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:15

Time to build my own personal newznab server!

rheymasterio · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:22

Well that was very unexpected, and it was the only good NZB site.

Ekim · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:27

The thing is they take down nzbmatrix and three more alternatives will open in its absence.

d_brennen · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:28

Tell me again why even alluding to piracy, in the context of say console emulation, can get you a slap on this forum but crying over am NBZ site getting plugged is fine? There is even a massive newsgroup thread :confused:

Edit: Oh yes, i see there is Linux NBZ. OK

wannabedamned · 9 Dec 2012 at 12:30

its due to the fact although nzb and torrents, although primarily used for illegal downloads. Is just a means to an end, and has legit uses.

Open Office, Linux Distribution, Free games, Gaming Clients with subscriptions, Free to download music. etc,etc