Kickass torrents is now offline as owner is under arrest

Kickass Torrents is Offline  as the alleged owner of popular torrent website, has been arrested by U.S. authorities.

Ukranian Artem Vaulin, who is 30-years old was arrested in Poland on charges of criminal copyright infringement and money laundering. According to charges, Vaulin placed for downloads, movies that were still  in the cinemas.

Zachary T. Fardon, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, said “Copyright infringement exacts a large toll, a very human one, on the artists and businesses whose livelihood hinges on their creative inventions,”  .“Vaulin allegedly used the Internet to cause enormous harm to those artists.”

He will face up to 5 years term for copyright infringement, and up to 20 years for the money laundering.

MPAA chairman and CEO Chris Dodd said in a statement “This criminal case is a major step to reduce illegal theft of creative content by large-scale piracy sites,” . “Actions like these help protect the livelihoods of the 1.9 million hard-working Americans whose jobs are supported by the motion picture and television industry – and a legal market that generates $16.3 billion in exports for the U.S. economy.”