Mininova
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Mininova was a website offering BitTorrent downloads. Mininova was once one of the largest sites offering torrents of copyrighted material, but in November 2009, following legal action in the Dutch courts, the site operators deleted all torrent files uploaded by regular users[3] including torrents that enabled users to download copyrighted material.[4]
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Type of business | Besloten Vennootschap (private limited liability company) |
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Type of site | Torrent directory and search engine |
Available in | English |
Founded | January 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01) |
Dissolved | April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04) |
Headquarters | Netherlands |
Key people | Erik Dubbelboer Niek van der Maas |
Revenue | €1.1 million in 2007 (before taxes and expenses)[1][2] |
Employees | 5 |
Advertising | Banner / text ads |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | January 19, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-19) |
Current status | Offline |
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On April 4, 2017, Mininova shut down, saying that it had been running at a loss "for some years".[5]