Kickass Torrents DOWN, Because the DOMAIN NAME EXPIRED ???

kickass torrent's url redirected me to the half-assed phillipino domain registry, offering it for sale. Check of "kickass torrents down" yeilds this:

http://torrentfreak.com/kickasstorrents-goes-down-after-kat-ph-domain-expires-130126/

I find it hard to believe that the domain name expired. I think a more likely explanation is some kind of governmental action.

 

I noticed that too

 

Looks like it has expired...

Code:

http://www.dot.ph/whois

 

I just got:


[h=1]Access to the webpage was denied[/h]You are not authorized to access the webpage at http://kat.ph/. You may need to sign in.
HTTP Error 403 (Forbidden): The server refused to fulfill the request.

 

Its working fine here. I downloaded few torrents just 2 minutes back.

 

That's weird. I wonder if its blocked in the states then because it's still not working for me. Same error message.