Torrent site Demonoid downed
Canadian copyright cops suspected
POPULAR CANADIAN Bittorrent tracker site, Demonoid appears to have been shut down by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
Both the tracker and the website have been unresponsive for nearly 24 hours. Here at the INQ that just means that we have had a server upgrade, but in Torrent land it is seen as being a sign of doom.
It seems that Demonoid’s Canadian ISP pulled the plug after being pressured by the CRIA. The ISP has told world plus dog that it will shut down the site if it receives any complaints.
According to TorrentFreak the server is still pinging but the ISP might have everything firewalled.
So far there has been no word from Deimos, the founder and the head admin of the site.
Demonoid has been walloped by the anti-piracy crowd before. It shifted its servers from the Netherlands to Canada in June after its ISP was served with legal threats.
In that case the anti-piracy crowd BREIN had asked the ISP to take Demonoid offline and hand over the administrator’s personal details.
It is fairly likely that we have not seen the last of Demonoid. We hear Russia is very pretty at this time of year. µ
Comments
Not confirmed
Unfortunately nothing has been confirmed and there is no reason to assume the CRIA did anything. The last time the CRIA (which, by the way, is not the canadian RIAA but rather a group that represents the RIAA in canada) tried anything they got shut down in court.http://www.thecircuitbox.com/demonoid/
Keep an eye out for updates.
Good to know
I am glad to hear it may only be server stuff...upgrades or whatever....I hope anyway. Demonoid is the best!! and I will be keeping an eye out for them to be up and runnign again....Oddity
Both then and now GeoIP says Demonoid is hosted in the USA. Right now nothing loads at demonoid.com except the favicon either.Never say Never !!!
See ya all soon! REMEMBER ONE THING I AND MILLIONS WILL FIND U AND FOLLOW XX UNITED KINGDOMDoesn't look good
2 days before demonoid went down, I recieved an email asking were my "torrent list" had gone...I replied saying "it is still there" and sent a link...What an idiot I am, I checked that email on the 26th and a little icon came up saying "FBI"...I do not know if demonoid going down is linked to this but it does seem likely...
Demonoid is Back
Shortly after midnight, Eastern Time Zone, I noticed that some of my torrents that had gradually stopped over the past few days were operational again. The tracker portion of Demonoid is back online. The torrent listing site may not be back yet as I can't get a response, even the 'Demonoid Server too busy' page, but I suspect it won't be long now.Update
demonoid is hosted in canada not usa as stated above and no, the CRIA have nothing to do with it, it is just purely hardware issuesAs of saturday 29th - all trackers are up and working with estimated website backon line 29-30/9
Confirmed
This message now appears on the Demonoid home page if you are in Canada:"We received a letter from a lawyer represeting (sic) 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."
Worked briefly yesterday
I too have been having problems connecting for the last couple of days. However I did manage to get onto the site briefly yesterday.Who Cares
Who CaresJuss another chance for other web sites to pop up and ohhh i forgot
there ain't no way in hell the can stop sharing and burning so when the day comes when the so called governments stop selling burners and cds were gonna keep burning and downloading sharing so Bring BAck DEmonoid
lame ood's
re demonid torrent site
I think its shocking demonid closeind down come on lets all try get them help get them back on maybe if they set it up more secure so them who closed em down dont no lol anyway hope there r comeing bk on best torrent site ever if any1 nos any ther top 1 let me no my email is djsnoopy1983athotmail.co.uk cheers Daniel...........CRIA needs to learn the law, DEMONOID need to get some balls
I have no idea why Demonoid never bought their own servers. To say that the company providing the servers pulled the plug cause of a threat is bogus and lame. Demonoid just has to admit that their administration have no balls to stand up to the CRIA. The CRIA are shooting off blanks. Previous court cases in Canada have said downloading from the internet is not illegal.Unlike the US, much of what is found online for free is considered to be public domain. If it's out there, its considered like finding a dime on the sidewalk. Finders Keepers.
It is hard to find a site worthy now to call home. The shame in all this, is the loss of TV shows. Demonoid was the best for getting tv series torrents. I guess we just have to move onward to the next torrent site and carry on from their.