ExtremeTech: Late last night, the fifth largest BitTorrent search engine — BTJunkie — was voluntarily shut down by its owners. Like Mininova, BTJunkie was set up in the wake of Suprnova’s shutdown in 2005. BTJunkie is survived by its bigger brothers: The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, KickassTorrents, and IsoHunt.
ARS Technica via By Mark Brown, wired.co.uk: Torrent search engine BTjunkie is the latest file-sharing service to fall on its sword in the wake of the Megaupload sting. Junkie, one of the largest BitTorrent indexes, decided to shut down voluntarily.
Smart on their part. Might as well get out while they still can instead of waiting and potentially being jailed or out a lot of cash.
Geeks Have Landed: The recent closure of Mega Upload and the arrest of it's owner have increased the pressure on many file sharing websites. Today, BTjunkie has closed it's doors.
