Chinese surfers in download rush before Bit Torrent sites close Posted by l33tdawg on Friday, December 11, 2009 - 03:47 AM (Reads: 162)

Source: Sina.com Beijing Internet users are scrabbling for downloads from BitTorrent (BT) websites following speculation that authorities will shut them down as early as this week. "My roommates were shocked to hear VeryCD is going down," Huang Shan, a 20-year-old college student told China Daily in reference to a major BT website. "I may never be able to download Hollywood movies or classical records again." VeryCD went offline yesterday afternoon due to a technical failure, Dai Yunjie, co-founder of the website, posted on Sina.com, and a notice that appeared yesterday evening on the website log-on page read service may resume Thursday noon. Internet experts told China Daily the failure might be caused by an overload of users seeking last-minute free downloads.