Torrent websites such as Kickass Torrents and The Pirate Bay are at an all time high these days. However, some speculations suggest that the torrent sites might face a near shutdown as the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) continues their efforts at shutting down torrent websites as a part of their movement against online piracy.

A few months ago, well-known peer-to-peer sharing website, Kickass Torrents, was shut down, leaving other alternative torrent sites to take over Kickass Torrents' reign. One particular website that has garnered most of Kickass Torrents' community was The Pirate Bay.

However, The Pirate Bay was speculated to be taken down soon, as the website was rumored to face copyright infringement charges.

As of now, The Pirate Bay website is still up and running, but web browsers such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox has recently banned users from accessing the website through their browsers.

"Deceptive site ahead: Attackers on Thepiratebay.org may trick you into doing something dangerous like installing software or revealing your personal information," Google Chrome prompts its users who are trying to visit The Pirate Bay's website.

However, despite the ban put on The Pirate Bay by Google, the tech giant lifted the ban against The Pirate Bay for their Google Chrome browser. As of now, The Pirate Bay's status in Google's safety measures indicate that "Safe Browsing has not recently seen malicious content on thepiratebay.org." What's more is that Mozilla Firefox also followed Google's footsteps in lifting the The Pirate Bay ban.

Though torrent sites such as Kickass Torrents and The Pirate Bay are now up and running, online piracy is still deemed a crime punishable by law, which means that these torrent sites might soon come to an end as the U.S. government continues their efforts against online piracy crimes.