Government release

# U.S. Authorities Charge Owner of Most-Visited Illegal File-Sharing Website with Copyright Infringement

US DOJ, July 20, 2016. Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland..

**Source type:** Government release

**Published:** July 20, 2016

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 9

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** US DOJ

**Published:** July 20, 2016

**Source type:** Government release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-authorities-charge-owner-most-visited-illegal-file-sharing-website-copyright-infringement](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-authorities-charge-owner-most-visited-illegal-file-sharing-website-copyright-infringement)

**What it supports:** Establishes the Kickass Torrents domain seizure and Vaulin's arrest in Poland.

**Dataset id:** src\_doj\_kat\_2016

How this source is used

Cited 9 times across 4 record types.

The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards.

Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here.

## Cited by

### Takedown records

1 citation

Cited on the takedown record itself.

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[Kickass Torrents takedown](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Piracy and IP, July 2016

Primary source

### Organization roles

4 citations

Cited for an organization's recorded role in a takedown.

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[Homeland Security Investigations](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Operational lead, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source
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[Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Investigating, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source
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[Polish Police](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Arresting, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source
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[United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Prosecuting, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source

### Legal actions against people

2 citations

Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person.

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[Artem Vaulin](https://takedownindex.org/people/artem-vaulin)

Arrested, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source
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[Artem Vaulin](https://takedownindex.org/people/artem-vaulin)

Charged, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source

### Infrastructure

2 citations

Cited for infrastructure recorded as acted on.

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[kickasstorrents.com, kat.ph, kickass.to, kastatic.com, kickass.so, thekat.tv, kat[.]cr](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Domains seized, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source
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[1 bank account](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/kickass-torrents-takedown)

Bank account seized, Kickass Torrents takedown

Primary source

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