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'''Nyaa Torrents''' (named for [[wikt:ニャー|the Japanese onomatopoeia]] for a cat's meow) is a [[BitTorrent]] website focused on [[East Asian]] (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean) media. It is one of the largest public [[anime]]-dedicated [[BitTorrent tracker|torrent indexes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebitbag.com/kickass-proxy-2016-think-twice-considering-alternative-sites/167983|title=KickAss Proxy 2016: Think Twice Before Considering These Alternative Sites|website=www.thebitbag.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816064436/https://www.thebitbag.com/kickass-proxy-2016-think-twice-considering-alternative-sites/167983|archive-date=2017-08-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2017-170107/|title=Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2017 - TorrentFreak|date=2017-01-07|work=TorrentFreak|access-date=2017-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref> |
'''Nyaa Torrents''' (named for [[wikt:ニャー|the Japanese onomatopoeia]] for a cat's meow) is a [[BitTorrent]] website focused on [[East Asian]] (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean) media. It is one of the largest public [[anime]]-dedicated [[BitTorrent tracker|torrent indexes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebitbag.com/kickass-proxy-2016-think-twice-considering-alternative-sites/167983|title=KickAss Proxy 2016: Think Twice Before Considering These Alternative Sites|website=www.thebitbag.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816064436/https://www.thebitbag.com/kickass-proxy-2016-think-twice-considering-alternative-sites/167983|archive-date=2017-08-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-popular-torrent-sites-of-2017-170107/|title=Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2017 - TorrentFreak|date=2017-01-07|work=TorrentFreak|access-date=2017-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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The site is split into nyaa.si and the NSFW counterpart, sukebei.nyaa.si |
The site is split into nyaa.si and the NSFW counterpart, sukebei.nyaa.si. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Type of site | Torrent meta-search engine |
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| Available in | English |
| URL | nyaa |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | Online |
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| File sharing |
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Nyaa Torrents (named for the Japanese onomatopoeia for a cat's meow) is a BitTorrent website focused on East Asian (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean) media. It is one of the largest public anime-dedicated torrent indexes.[1][2]
The site is split into nyaa.si and the NSFW counterpart, sukebei.nyaa.si.
History
In 2011, some users of the site were sued for copyright infringement.[3] The site was a target of a large DDoS attack in early September 2014.[4]
On 1 May 2017, their .se, .eu and .org domain names were deactivated, with the site's moderators later confirming that the owner took it down voluntarily.[5][6][7] In the following weeks several forks, partially based on Nyaa code and database of torrents, were started, each using 'nyaa' in its name.[8]
In the official FAQ posted by the community that surrounded Nyaa it is said that some data between 2016 and May 2017 was lost and there wasn't a reputable backup of the Nyaa database for that time period.[9]
In June 2017, TorrentFreak reported that Germany-based Goodlabs put up a fake version of the .eu site in an attempt to get users to download malware. The website encouraged users to download a "free binary client" in an attempt to gain access to the victim's computer. [10]
In April 2018, Cloudflare terminated its services to Nyaa. According to Cloudflare, "The pirate site tried to interfere with and thwart the operation of the company's abuse reporting systems."[11]
As of March 2021, the .si fork is the only fork remaining.
Website
Site Rules
The site has video source rules, for example, DVD video is limited to 1024x576p, while UHD is limited upwards of 3840x2160p.[12] (This is for maintaining the original quality of the video.)
Users cannot add watermarks, or lower the quality to a worse video codec. Shitposting consistently may result in a ban. Content Restrictions include only content from China, Japan, and/or Korea.[12]
Categories
Categories are split into Anime, Audio, Literature, Live Action, Pictures and Software. Each have their own subcategories, for example audio is split in lossless and lossy.
You can also use Filters, which filter out the torrents to no remakes and trusted only.
Entries
Uploads are split into green, red, orange and grey entries. Green entries are torrents uploaded by trusted users, Red entries (remake) are torrents that match any of the following:
- Reencode of original release.
- Remux of another uploader's original release for hardsubbing and/or fixing purposes.
- Reupload of original release using non-original file names.
- Reupload of original release with missing and/or unrelated additional files.
Orange entries are batches of entire series, and grey entries are hidden torrents.[13]
Legality
Nyaa [14] is mostly illegal. While torrenting itself is only a file sharing format, the type of content Nyaa is aiming to share, which is copyrighted East Asian media, is illegal to distribute in almost all countries.
The only countries that torrenting content from Nyaa could be legal are least developed countries like Somalia, which does not have a proper government therefore little copyright laws. Small countries in Central Asia with little internet infrastructure could also be an example.
See also
References
- ^ "KickAss Proxy 2016: Think Twice Before Considering These Alternative Sites". www.thebitbag.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-05-16.
- ^ "Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2017 - TorrentFreak". TorrentFreak. 2017-01-07. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ Ernesto. "Anime Distributor Launches Piracy Assault, Sues 1337 BitTorrent Users". TorrentFreak. torrentfreak.com. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
... The complaint specifically mentions the BitTorrent sites isohunt.com, kickasstorrents.com and nyaatorrents.org as potentially playing a role in the sharing process. ...
- ^ Harbison, Cammy. "Nyaa Anime Torrents Still Down: File-Sharing Site Has Been Offline For 5 Days, But Japanese Government Isn't Likely The Culprit". iDigitalTimes. idigitaltimes.com. Retrieved 2014-09-05.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ernesto. "Anime Torrent Site NYAA Goes Down After Domain Name Deactivation". TorrentFreak. torrentfreak.com. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
- ^ "Major anime torrenting site 'NYAA' goes offline". technology.inquirer.net. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ web@horriblesubs.info. "Spread the word: Nyaa is down, use magnet links » HorribleSubs". horriblesubs.info. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ^ "Nyaa Anime Torrents". torrents.me. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-06-09.
- ^ "NYAAPOCALYPSE FAQ - Pastebin.com". archive.fo. 2017-05-04. Archived from the original on 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Scammers Pick Up NYAA Torrents Domain Name". TorrentFreak. 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
Just a few weeks after the domain names of anime torrent site NYAA were deactivated, one of them is back in action. However, the domain no longer belongs to the old crew, but to scammers who are trying to lure irreproachable users into downloading harmful content.
- ^ "Cloudflare Kicks Out Torrent Site For Abuse Reporting Interference * TorrentFreak". Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ a b "Rules". Nyaa. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ "Help". Nyaa. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
- ^ "Nyaa Anime Torrent Sites". Nyaa. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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