Music fans hoping to download obscure tunes from the web have been hit with another roadblock, as the popular torrent site What.CD has shut down for good. The site's homepage currently has a message ...

Invite-only torrent site What.CD, a favorite destination for audiophiles for its vast trove of hard-to-find releases and high-quality files, has terminated operations immediately. By Marc Schneider ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. What.cd, an invite-only music torrent website ...

Torrent clients and trackers work so well for sucking down albums and other files that Nine Inch Nails has used them to distribute music on the cheap. If you’re on a computer or other device that has ...

It took nearly 10 years, but authorities have finally targeted and taken down What.cd, which had risen to become the Internet's largest invite-only, music-trading torrent site. The news was confirmed ...

We all know that physical music sales are plummeting. Well, it turns out that music downloading isn't all that popular either -- at least not compared to movies, TV and porn. In a year-end feature by ...

When the global COVID-19 quarantine is over — cautiously, carefully, over — the dust will begin to settle on some dramatic changes in the music business, with some big questions about the future left ...

Since 2007, What.CD has provided an extensive library of free — and pirated — music torrents. According to Zataz Magazine, cybercrime units in France have raided and seized at least a dozen servers ...