Leechers Paradise Quits After 12 Years of Torrent TrackingByBill Toulas-December 7, 2018 “2/2.1413.jpg” Leechers Paradise goes offline leaving a significant gap in global torrent tracking Article 13 apparently pulled the carpet from under Leechers Paradise feet New EU legislation still unclear causing uncertainty and fear to smaller players Leeches Paradise feet The owner, “Eddie,” states the reason why the new EU copyright law is Article 13. Leechers Paradise was one of the world’s largest torrent tracking services serving millions of torrent-sharing users each day! Torrent tracking is a process of technical curating that helps to sort and coordinate peers and leeches so that a torrent becomes a harmonized swarm using people to share files. Most people ignore the very existence of torrent trackers since all they have to do is to use a torrent indexer to find what they’re looking for to download media. Enter Article 13 of the new EU copyright law which requires all online media entities to screen uploads of their users and filter out everything that violates copyrighted content laws. This new directive has caused concern for giants like YouTube and Facebook who will now need to put a lot more effort into the screening process but this is just impossible for websites and online services like Leechers Paradise. This is why after 12 years Eddie decided to call it quits as the risk is simply not worth the gains. Certainly Article 13 is unclear as to how services such as torrent tracking will be affected but Eddie is right to worry as it is not known that obscure legal contexts favor torrent service owners in court. Leechers Paradise was one of the big players in the global torrent tracking space and if you’re into torrenting, the chances are you’ve been served by its servers. With it gone, it doesn’t mean torrent tracking gets to its knees as other large trackers don’t show signs of reluctance to continue their activities. This was however another big blow to the world of torrent sharing with Leechers Paradise serving more than six million IPV4 torrents and 132 million peers according to the latest statistics. Socials to learn more on what’s happening in the tech industry.