Torrent Project
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The Torrent Project or Torrent Search Project was a metasearch engine for torrent files, which consolidated links from other popular torrent hosting pages such as ExtraTorrent.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wired.it/internet/web/2016/08/05/cosa-resta-chiuso-torrentz-eu/|title=Cosa ci resta, ora che è stato chiuso anche Torrentz.eu - Wired|date=2016-08-05|newspaper=Wired|language=it-IT|access-date=2016-10-28}} It was available as an alternative and successor for the closed Torrentz.eu and KickassTorrents sites,{{Cite news|url=http://www.pcprofessionale.it/news/p2p-torrentz-eu-chiusura/|title=P2P: addio al metamotore di Torrentz.eu|date=2016-08-17|newspaper=PC Professionale|language=it-IT|access-date=2016-10-28}} and its index included over 8 million torrent files, and had a clean, simple interface.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elgrupoinformatico.com/alternativas-torrentz-t30976.html|title=7 alternativas a Torrentz.eu|newspaper=El Grupo Informático|language=es-ES|access-date=2016-10-28}} Beyond allowing torrent files of popular films, it also carried self-produced content.{{Cite news|url=http://thebizloft.com/siti-torrent-film-torrent-file-torrent/|title=Siti torrent {{!}} I migliori motori di ricerca per scaricare film torrent {{!}} File torrent|date=2016-08-09|newspaper=thebizloft.com|language=it-IT|access-date=2016-10-28|archive-date=2016-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027145040/http://thebizloft.com/siti-torrent-film-torrent-file-torrent|url-status=usurped}} It had an API that allowed the search function to be integrated into applications,{{Cite news|url=http://www.programmableweb.com/news/daily-api-roundup-hutoma-torrentproject-dealhunt-2factor/brief/2015/09/29|title=Daily API RoundUp: Hutoma, TorrentProject, Dealhunt, 2Factor|newspaper=ProgrammableWeb|access-date=2016-10-28|archive-date=2016-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029043724/http://www.programmableweb.com/news/daily-api-roundup-hutoma-torrentproject-dealhunt-2factor/brief/2015/09/29|url-status=dead}} and the news-site TorrentFreak suggested that it could have allowed streaming in the future.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2016/02/08/kultur/pirate_bay/fildeling/teknologi/piratkopiering/43074731/|title=Nå er The Pirate Bay blitt til verdens største streaming-nettside|website=Dagbladet.no|date=8 February 2016|access-date=2016-10-28}} It had adopted the Torrents Time plugin.{{Cite news|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/kickass-torrents-follows-the-pirate-bays-move-adds-support-for-torrents-time-157400/|title=Kickass Torrents Follows In Footsteps of The Pirate Bay, Adds Support for Torrents Time|newspaper=Christian Post|access-date=2016-10-28}}
The torrentproject.com URL was part of a 2014 United Kingdom High Court decision, which ordered it to be blocked.{{Cite news |date=2014-10-23 |title=Record Labels Obtain Order to Block 21 Torrent Sites - TorrentFreak |language=en-US |newspaper=TorrentFreak |url=https://torrentfreak.com/record-labels-obtain-orders-to-block-21-torrent-sites-141023/ |access-date=2016-10-28}} The site shut down on 4 Sep 2017.{{cite web |url=http://torrentproject.se/ |title=403 Forbidden |website=torrentproject.se |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904074832/http://torrentproject.se/ |archive-date=4 September 2017 |url-status=dead}} It is not clear whether TorrentProject will return.{{Cite news|url=https://torrentfreak.com/torrent-sites-suffer-ddos-attacks-and-other-trouble-170901/|title=Torrent Sites Suffer DDoS Attacks and Other Trouble|last=Van der Sar|first=Ernesto|date=2017-09-01|work=TorrentFreak|access-date=2017-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018010908/https://torrentfreak.com/torrent-sites-suffer-ddos-attacks-and-other-trouble-170901/|archive-date=2017-10-18|language=en-US}}