TV Torrent Group CAKES Quits the Scene and Shuts Down 18
Piracy release group CAKES has shut down, dealing yet another hit for the piracy ecosystem. TorrentFreak reports: For several decades, The Scene has been the main source of all pirated content made available on the Internet. Technically, release groups operate in a closed ecosystem, but the reality is different. The vast majority of the files published on private Scene servers eventually find their way to public pirate sites. The secretive nature of The Scene has been a major challenge for law enforcement but in the summer of 2020, the US Department of Justice made a major breakthrough. Following a thorough investigation, three members of the illustrious SPARKS group were indicted. The raids and the criminal investigation sent shockwaves around The Scene. Some groups stopped releasing entirely and others significantly slowed down their output, which was felt in many parts of the public piracy ecosystem too.
Amid this turmoil, a new TV release group going by the name of CAKES emerged. The group published its first release "The 100 S07E16" on October 1, 2020, and many more would follow. During the next few years, CAKES built its reputation as a steady release group, one that eventually covered 7,000 titles. That's an impressive average of more than 50 new releases per week. Aside from the massive output, CAKES was also known for including four lines from Drake's track "Pound Cake" in its release notes. These same lines are also at the start of its farewell message.
The message explains that when CAKES started out, the team made an internal promise to pull the plug when "the love" is gone. Without going into further details, that time has apparently arrived. While some people may be disappointed with this decision, CAKES has clearly made up its mind. The group prefers to highlight the achievements and experiences instead, referring to the past few years as a "crazy journey." "If you had told us how the last few years would go, we wouldn't have believed you. The skills learnt, the massive lows, the euphoric highs, it couldn't have happened with a better group of people." "I couldn't be prouder of our team, not just for what was achieved but knowing the right moment to call time. As sad as this is, goodbye from team CAKES," the group adds. GLHF, another piracy group, is mentioned in the farewell message. While no official shut down has been announced, TorrentFreak notes that "GLHF stopped releasing new titles over a week ago, which is highly atypical."
Amid this turmoil, a new TV release group going by the name of CAKES emerged. The group published its first release "The 100 S07E16" on October 1, 2020, and many more would follow. During the next few years, CAKES built its reputation as a steady release group, one that eventually covered 7,000 titles. That's an impressive average of more than 50 new releases per week. Aside from the massive output, CAKES was also known for including four lines from Drake's track "Pound Cake" in its release notes. These same lines are also at the start of its farewell message.
The message explains that when CAKES started out, the team made an internal promise to pull the plug when "the love" is gone. Without going into further details, that time has apparently arrived. While some people may be disappointed with this decision, CAKES has clearly made up its mind. The group prefers to highlight the achievements and experiences instead, referring to the past few years as a "crazy journey." "If you had told us how the last few years would go, we wouldn't have believed you. The skills learnt, the massive lows, the euphoric highs, it couldn't have happened with a better group of people." "I couldn't be prouder of our team, not just for what was achieved but knowing the right moment to call time. As sad as this is, goodbye from team CAKES," the group adds. GLHF, another piracy group, is mentioned in the farewell message. While no official shut down has been announced, TorrentFreak notes that "GLHF stopped releasing new titles over a week ago, which is highly atypical."
RIP (Score:4, Funny)
No, not CAKES! They were well known for ripping S07E16 of a series I've never heard of. The candle burned out long before the legend ever did.
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Save that line, you can use it for every Netflix and Amazon Prime Originals.
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But the teenage drama was boring as fuck, and sadly occupied about half of the runtime or more.
Also, Marie Avgeropoulos is incredibly fine and I'd watch her crawl through the cramped maintenance compartments of a spaceship for hours.
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Actually CAKES was a good source of content for lots of shows. They released reliable quality H.264 rips. Sucks to hear of this.
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It's not an organization.
Yes, yes it is. Anonymous is not an organization. But release groups are. You can tell because they have official this and that.
No More Pirates (Score:2)
How music got free (Score:3)
I've seen this one... (Score:3)
Another one bites the dust. (Score:1)
What if I can't find a show that I want to watch on a streaming service? Or, heaven forbid, I miss a single episode in a season of something with a story arc? Oh wait... I know what will happen. I'll spend exactly five seconds thinking, "Darn. Well, that sucks". And then, if I must be entertained in a one-way fashion and nothing else will do, I'll find something else in the never-ending ocean of content that is available to me at all times.
The older I get, the less I care about completionism in media consum
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I will grant with complete, 100% commitment, that I am, in fact, a doofus. I'm saying my distaste at missing an episode is fleeting.