Founded in 2005, the site has grown to become one of the most popular file-sharing sites on the web.
However, its creators have made the decision to pull the plug following successful recent legal cases against fellow file-sharing sites ThePirateBay and MegaUpload.
A note on the BTJunkie homepage reads: "This is the end of the line my friends. The decision does not come easy, but we've decided to voluntarily shut down. We've been fighting for years for your right to ...
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