▁through ▁the ▁site ' s ▁Bit T or rent ▁tra cker . ▁As ▁of ▁January ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁no ▁action ▁taken ▁against ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁normal ▁members ▁on ▁L oki T or rent ▁or ▁El ite T orr ents . ▁ ▁P rel ude ▁ ▁El ite T orr ents ▁was ▁sing led ▁out ▁among ▁the ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁B itt or rent ▁sites ▁because ▁El ite T orr ents ▁released ▁a ▁Star ▁Wars : ▁E pisode ▁III ▁– ▁Re ven ge ▁of ▁the ▁S ith ▁work print ▁approximately ▁six ▁hours ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁movie ' s ▁the atr ical ▁release . ▁This ▁attract ed ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁MP AA , ▁which ▁mon itors ▁Bit T or rent ▁sites . ▁The ▁MP AA ▁began ▁collect ing ▁information ▁and ▁press uring ▁the ▁Federal ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation ▁to ▁take ▁some ▁form ▁of ▁action . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁Star ▁Wars ▁work print , ▁the ▁owner ▁of ▁the ▁El ite T orr ents ▁domain ▁name ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁which ▁made ▁the ▁site ▁an ▁easier ▁target ▁for ▁US ▁authorities . ▁However , ▁the ▁site ' s ▁server ▁was ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁Bit T or rent ▁track ers ▁located ▁on ▁that ▁server ▁continued ▁to ▁operate . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁site ▁was ▁first ▁taken ▁down , ▁people ▁who ▁tried ▁to ▁access ▁it ▁were ▁confront ed ▁by ▁a ▁notice , ▁apparently ▁created ▁in ▁Microsoft ▁Word , ▁which ▁led