I noticed only today, also thanks to an article published by PuntoInformatico.it, that TorrentSpy, one of the most popular portal dedicated to the searching of .torrent file, has ended its activities on 24th March. The news is also confirmed by the message on the TorrentSpy website:

“We have decided on our own, not due to any court order or agreement, to bring the Torrentspy.com search engine to an end and thus we permanently closed down worldwide on March 24, 2008.“