Mininova Torrent Site to Shut Down In April

Mininova, one of the largest torrent sites on the Internet, as well as one of the oldest, has decided to shut down for good. 

According to an announcement posted on Mininova's front page, the forum will shut down next week, while the rest of the site will close down a month later. 

"On April 4th, 2017 Mininova.org will be shutting down. After this date, content distribution torrents will no longer be seeded. Uploaders are advised to make copies of their content," reads the announcement. 

Mininova was founded by five students from the Netherlands soon after Suprnova closed its doors for good. The torrent website based in Slovenia launched back in 2002 and closed in late 2004 after legal threats. The site now lives again after the domain name was donated to The Pirate Bay becak in 2007. 

Suprnova was a massive site back in the day, and its demise left a huge hole in the BitTorrent world. Mininova played on its name and managed to become the most successful of the d...