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Type of site | Directory of direct download links |
|---|---|
| URL | http://www.zone-telechargement.ws |
| Commercial | funded through advertising money |
Zone Téléchargement (french, "Download Zone") was a website that referenced direct download link, created in 2011. It was the 15th most visited website in France on May 8, 2016[1], and the first in its category. The site was closed on November 28, 2016 by the police. The domain name of the site is registered in Nassau, Bahamas.[2]
History
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The domain name of the site, zone-telechargement.com, was registered in March 2010.[3] Previously it was registered over a period of five years from December 2004 to December 2009,[3] but not in connection to file sharing. It was rented to a british enterprise that offered legal downloads of freeware.[4]
In the month of may 2015, the site counted 3,5 millions unique visitors[5]. According to a study of the Association de lutte contre la piraterie audiovisuelle (ALPA, "association to battle multimedia piracy"), 55 % of the visitors were male and 70 % were between 15 and 49 years of age.[6][7]
Between the 21st and 22 March 2016, following a malfunction of the web service DL-Protect (used to protect links from automated copyright takedown notices[8]), the download links were inaccessible which rendered the service unusable[9] for some hours.
On 28 November 2016, two servers were seized and two persons arrested, which interrupted service for less than 24 hours.[10]
On 29 November 2016, the website came online again.[11] At that time, DL-Protect was not available, though, and the links to the files were not accessible.[12] A cat-and-mouse game according to numerous users.[13]
The site was reopened, although using a different address, ".com" was replaced by ".ws".
External links
edit- Official website (defunct)
References
edit- ^ zone-telechargement.com on alexa.com
- ^ "10 millions de Français fréquentent les sites de streaming et de téléchargement illégal". le Figaro (in French).
- ^ a b Information on the registration of the domain Zone-Telechargement.com on Who.is
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080222011551/http://www.zone-telechargement.com/
- ^ "Téléchargement illégal: Plus de 10 millions de Français piratent du contenu". 20minutes.fr (in French).
- ^ "Zone Telechargement et les autres ont séduit 14 millions de français". fredzone.org (in French).
- ^ "Piratage : 14 millions d'internautes vont sur des sites « hors la loi »". lesechos.fr (in French).
- ^ http://nextwarez.com/dl-protect-down-zone-telechargement/
- ^ "Google a-t-il un problème avec DL-Protect et Zone-Téléchargement ?". fredzone.org (in French).
- ^ Morgane Tual (29 November 2016). "Zone Téléchargement : sept questions pour comprendre la fermeture... et la réouverture du site". Le Monde (in French).
- ^ Tual, Morgane (2016-11-29). "Zone Téléchargement : sept questions pour comprendre la fermeture... et la réouverture du site". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^ Le site Zone Téléchargement a fermé (et n’a pas réouvert) Numerama 28 November 2016
- ^ "À peine fermé, le site « Zone téléchargement » est de retour en ligne". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-11-29.
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