Demonoid Shut Down by the CRIA? - GoFuckYourself.com

Barefootsies · 10-01-2007, 03:04 PM

Demonoid.com, one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers has allegedly been taken offline by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Both the tracker and the website have been unresponsive for nearly 24 hours now.

As of now it is still unsure what exactly happened, but the popular Dutch news site nu.nl reports that the CRIA is responsible for the downtime.

TorrentFreak contacted some of the Demonoid administrators, but they are not sure what happened either. It is certainly possible that Demonoid?s Canadian ISP pulled the plug after being pressured by the CRIA. The ISP said before that they would take it down if they would receive complaints.

Right now, the Demonoid server is still pinging, but the ISP could have firewalled the everything after they received some serious legal threats. Deimos, the founder and the head admin of the site is unreachable and has not responded yet.

This is not the first time Demonoid suffers major downtime due to pressure from the anti-piracy lobby. Demonoid had to move its servers from The Netherlands to Canada in June after The Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN filed a subpoena against Demonoid?s ISP. BREIN had asked the ISP to take Demonoid offline and hand over the administrator?s personal details, but Demonoid relocated their servers before any harm was done.

Unfortunately, it now seems that Canada is not the ?safe haven? as they expected it to be. It is likely that Demonoid has to relocate again, for the second time in three months.

Demonoid tracks over a million .torrent files and is the second largest BitTorrent tracker after The Pirate Bay. The shutdown of the site and tracker is a huge blow for the BitTorrent community that lost 2 of the most popular BitTorrent trackers (TorrentBox was taken offline for US users a few hours ago) within 24 hours.

More info soon!

Sosa · 10-01-2007, 03:09 PM

That's a big one to go down

mikesinner · 10-01-2007, 03:12 PM

I'm sure there will be a dozen sites to take their place

ztik · 10-01-2007, 03:20 PM

Looks like they are trying to put back up already http://www.demonoid.com/

qxm · 10-01-2007, 03:20 PM

yeap....the CRIA has been after Demonoid's ass for a while now.... BTW the site has been down since sept 25th..

Barefootsies · 10-01-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mikesinner

I'm sure there will be a dozen sites to take their place

pr0 · 10-01-2007, 03:39 PM

The latest changes to the site are giving us some problems - We'll be back soon

i doubt the CRIA did a thing to them....this is the 10th time rumors of such a "take down" have been made about demonoid

all 10 times, it was demonoid doing maintenance & fucked up

stingy · 10-01-2007, 11:32 PM

it looks like they are blocking of canadian traffic because of this issue...

Vox · 10-02-2007, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by stingy

it looks like they are blocking of canadian traffic because of this issue...

Yup.

Quote:

We received a letter from a lawyer represeting the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and We need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this. If you reside in Canada, that is the reason you are being redirected to this message. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience

hypedough · 10-02-2007, 01:28 AM

Demonoid is back son.

pr0 · 10-02-2007, 01:30 AM

Maintenance

We are currently performing the daily site maintenance.
We'll be back soon'

those bastards are back! wtf! die demonoid die LoL

hypedough · 10-02-2007, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

Maintenance

We are currently performing the daily site maintenance.
We'll be back soon'

those bastards are back! wtf! die demonoid die LoL

They will never go away, lol.

pr0 · 10-02-2007, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by hypedough

They will never go away, lol.

damn that sure does suck

Oracle Porn · 10-02-2007, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

Maintenance

We are currently performing the daily site maintenance.
We'll be back soon'

those bastards are back! wtf! die demonoid die LoL

stop being a fucking hypocrite.

pr0 · 10-02-2007, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Oracle Porn

stop being a fucking hypocrite.

hey look...i know u donated $5 to me when i was sick 5 years ago

but if you seriously keep busting my balls, i'm gonna pay someone with my new found wealth to make life extremely shitty for you

Barefootsies · 10-02-2007, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

hey look...i know u donated $5 to me when i was sick 5 years ago

but if you seriously keep busting my balls, i'm gonna pay someone with my new found wealth to make life extremely shitty for you

Ravage · 10-02-2007, 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pr0

i doubt the CRIA did a thing to them....this is the 10th time rumors of such a "take down" have been made about demonoid

all 10 times, it was demonoid doing maintenance & fucked up

They were hosted in Canada for the last few months, so the CRIA pressured their host to shut them down.

I know people that have used Demonoid. They were big on music and movie trading. They also did not allow any adult content of any sort.

RawAlex · 10-02-2007, 06:44 AM

Quote:

We received a letter from a lawyer represeting the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and We need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this. If you reside in Canada, that is the reason you are being redirected to this message. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience.

At this point, they have blocked Canada. I wouldn't be surprised that a little pressure from RIAA would get the US blocked as well.

Klen · 10-02-2007, 06:46 AM

Demonoid is back online howmuch i see.

10-01-2007, 03:04 PM	#1
Barefootsies Choice is an Illusion Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Land of Obama Posts: 42,635	Demonoid Shut Down by the CRIA? Demonoid.com, one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers has allegedly been taken offline by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Both the tracker and the website have been unresponsive for nearly 24 hours now. As of now it is still unsure what exactly happened, but the popular Dutch news site nu.nl reports that the CRIA is responsible for the downtime. TorrentFreak contacted some of the Demonoid administrators, but they are not sure what happened either. It is certainly possible that Demonoid?s Canadian ISP pulled the plug after being pressured by the CRIA. The ISP said before that they would take it down if they would receive complaints. Right now, the Demonoid server is still pinging, but the ISP could have firewalled the everything after they received some serious legal threats. Deimos, the founder and the head admin of the site is unreachable and has not responded yet. This is not the first time Demonoid suffers major downtime due to pressure from the anti-piracy lobby. Demonoid had to move its servers from The Netherlands to Canada in June after The Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN filed a subpoena against Demonoid?s ISP. BREIN had asked the ISP to take Demonoid offline and hand over the administrator?s personal details, but Demonoid relocated their servers before any harm was done. Unfortunately, it now seems that Canada is not the ?safe haven? as they expected it to be. It is likely that Demonoid has to relocate again, for the second time in three months. Demonoid tracks over a million .torrent files and is the second largest BitTorrent tracker after The Pirate Bay. The shutdown of the site and tracker is a huge blow for the BitTorrent community that lost 2 of the most popular BitTorrent trackers (TorrentBox was taken offline for US users a few hours ago) within 24 hours. More info soon! __________________ Should You Email Your Members? Link1 \| Link2 \| Link3 Enough Said. "Would you rather live like a king for a year or like a prince forever?"

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10-01-2007, 03:39 PM	#7
pr0 rockin tha trailerpark Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: ~Coastal~ Posts: 23,088	The latest changes to the site are giving us some problems - We'll be back soon i doubt the CRIA did a thing to them....this is the 10th time rumors of such a "take down" have been made about demonoid all 10 times, it was demonoid doing maintenance & fucked up __________________ __________ Loadedca$h - get sum! - Revengebucks - mmm rebills! - webair (gotz sErVrz)

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pr0 rockin tha trailerpark Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: ~Coastal~ Posts: 23,088	Maintenance We are currently performing the daily site maintenance. We'll be back soon' those bastards are back! wtf! die demonoid die LoL

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