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Wow, Nzbmatrix is closed forever.

2,029 364 December 9, 2012 at 06:54 AM
The End...

It is with our regret to announce that NZBMATRIX has closed.

We have had to make this decision due to a very large takedown request from a company called Wiggin LLC. These represent the following: Federation Against Copyright Theft Limited ("FACT"), Paramount Home Entertainment International Limited; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Limited; The Walt Disney Company Limited; Twentieth Century Fox Film Company Limited; Universal Pictures (UK) Limited; Warner Bros. Entertainment UK Limited.

As everyone is aware we are DMCA/Takedown notice compliant, and always have been.
Once this notice is completed we are left with an impossible task of policing our indexing bots. Even then it won't stop there, there will be follow-up notices etc.

Coupled with this is problems with payment providers, we have been through pretty much everyone out there, in the end they all pull out.
There are massive server/bandwidth costs to pay, with the payments in-stability this is a very hard task.

NZBMATRIX has never been the subject of any legal issues or threats.

Also the Usenet Indexing scene is going through some changes, with content being removed from pretty much every provider its making the existence of an indexer irrelevant if the content does not even exists anymore.

So it's time for us to bow out...

I paid $10 vip member fee for it. oh well, I got what it's worth...
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12-09-2012 at 07:00 AM.
12-09-2012 at 07:00 AM.
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slickfree
12-09-2012 at 07:14 AM.
12-09-2012 at 07:14 AM.
I saw this today as well, crazy. Are there any sites like NZB with the similar layout and everything? I know there are tons but NZB had the best layout. Hopefully something new comes up in a few months.
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Mike_Hawk
12-09-2012 at 07:16 AM.
12-09-2012 at 07:16 AM.
Ack!!!!!!
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12-09-2012 at 07:19 AM.
12-09-2012 at 07:19 AM.
Quote from slickfree :
I saw this today as well, crazy. Are there any sites like NZB with the similar layout and everything? I know there are tons but NZB had the best layout. Hopefully something new comes up in a few months.
I guess I'll stop purchasing more hard drives from now on.
Nzbs.in?
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PaintTheSkyGrey
12-09-2012 at 11:21 AM.
12-09-2012 at 11:21 AM.
Holy shit. First newzbin2, now this.

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thizsukz
12-09-2012 at 11:41 AM.
12-09-2012 at 11:41 AM.
Sucks and what's worse is that most of the VIP premium sites similar to nzbmatrix are closed for registrations.
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scooch
12-09-2012 at 01:29 PM.
12-09-2012 at 01:29 PM.
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What's next?


probably having to pay for the items you used to be able torrent?
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Albort
12-09-2012 at 01:44 PM.
12-09-2012 at 01:44 PM.
Quote from lifexpert :
There was a guy just joined nzbmatrix last week. He's not gong to get his money back.

Can you list the sites similar to nzbmatrix?
i would wait a few days... every other nzb index site is slow and unresponsive most likely due to flux of matrix users... many have locked up registration just so they can have a stable server, lol. for now, binsearch!
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12-09-2012 at 01:55 PM.
12-09-2012 at 01:55 PM.
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nzb.su and nzbs.in are very similar but closed/problems with registration, they do work though. Otherwise, as of now I use nzbsearch.net to hold me over, while the panic from the loss of nzbmatrix slowly settles down, so I can finally register at some of the above mentioned places. Seems to me that either nzbmatrix members created involuntary DDOS or more websites have shutdown.
Here are some best of NZB websites
http://usenetreviewz.com/nzb-sites/
http://www.usenetshack.com/free-n...s-july-09/
Most of them are down now. I have used nzbclub.com in the past. I guess, nzbmatrix made me lazy but nzbclub never failed me. Plus, newsleecher has a search function. I am counting on it for tonight's dexter.
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chevvy
12-09-2012 at 02:09 PM.
12-09-2012 at 02:09 PM.
newzbin was great until they closed, and although the search functionality of mimo sucks, it seems to be pretty reliable.
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Albort
12-09-2012 at 02:12 PM.
12-09-2012 at 02:12 PM.
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newzbin was great until they closed, and although the search functionality of mimo sucks, it seems to be pretty reliable.
really? when i find nzbmatrix nzb been taken down, i always find it with mimo search...
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TheRemix18
12-09-2012 at 02:18 PM.
12-09-2012 at 02:18 PM.
NZBmatrix.com has been closed down this morning. A very sad day for many of us. Mad That was my only source for all the NZB files.

Any recommendations for decent alternatives? I see that nzbs.org is also closed for new registrations. Any one has any invites for any other nzb sites?

Thanks!
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slickfree
12-09-2012 at 02:25 PM.
12-09-2012 at 02:25 PM.
nzbs.org aint working for me Frown

Nzbgrabit has closed reg as well. I think its because of the influx of people moving onto new sites. Its going be awhile before sites let you join.
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DrewBard
12-09-2012 at 02:26 PM.
12-09-2012 at 02:26 PM.
It is a sad day.
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