Demonoid Is Back Online
Written by Ernesto on April 12, 2008Yesterday, we reported that the popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid was to be resurrected, under a new administrator. Now, less that a day later the site has made its comeback after exactly 6 months of downtime.
A message posted on the Demonoid frontpage confirms that Deimos, the former administrator, left the Demonoid staff. The site seems to be working properly, as does the tracker, but there could be some downtime in the next few days. All the people who had an account at the time the site shut down can still sign in with the same username and password.
The resurrection of the popular BitTorrent traffic marks the end of a tough year for the site. The trouble for Demonoid started back in June last year, when the Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN started to put pressure on Demonoid and their ISP, Leaseweb. Deimos decided that the Netherlands wasn’t the safe haven it used to be and he to moved the site to Canada, which resulted in a few days of downtime.
Deimos never really told the administrators or members of the site exactly what was happening. Initially, most members assumed that there was some hardware failure, but after a few days it became clear that Demonoid was more or less forced to move. Maybe there could have been hardware failures too, who knows, but the outcome was the same - Canada here we come.
Relocating the servers to Canada initially solved the problems, but, by the end of September Deimos took Demonoid offline for the second time. Again, nobody knew what was going on until we found out that the CRIA was responsible for the downtime, which was later confirmed by Deimos. It turned out that Canada wasn’t the best choice after all.
After 5 days of downtime the site returned, now blocking all traffic from Canadian users in an attempt to calm down the CRIA. At first it looked like the storm was finally over, but on November 9th Demonoid’s users were welcomed by a disappointing message on the frontpage explaining that the CRIA was indeed responsible for the downtime.
The site never came back after November last year, up until now that is. Let’s hope it lasts this time.
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can anyone send me an invite?
gianpa87@tiscalinet.it
i can trade with sceneaccess, filemp3, stmusic
[quote comment="344766"]In all honesty, I suspect this is a trap. I am not willing to risk my buttocks to find out. Who’s to say that the “new site admin” isn’t “Big Brother”? Just think about it, it all falls into place. [/quote]
Thats sooo damn dumb. The accounts are there, the ratio count is there, the uploaded torrents are there. Why bother setting up a trap if they already have all the data? Everything is intact.
Think before posting.
[quote comment="344977"]True. Take you, for example. You’re quite bad at hiding that you’re a MAFIAA stooge.[/quote]You’re so pathetic it’s not even worth replying. I won’t even read the rest. See if anyone cares. Nobody does.
@Kookoo:
h33t looks interesting, but it probably has a ratio-demand. I’m disgusted with stupidity like that. Ratio is a non-issue in today’s broadband world. I always suffer from overseeding and get kicked because of that! Sites doing that are ridiculously stupid. They should not care about ratios, they should care about the amount of peers.
I wonder when we will know if it isnt a trap! ?
Turns out I was wrong about h33t. Really good site and smart community!
Thanks for the tip, Kookoo.
[quote comment="346058"]Turns out I was wrong about h33t. Really good site and smart community!
Thanks for the tip, Kookoo.[/quote]
h33t sucks, horribly. Virus ridden and filled with rude, dumb people.
yeah they demonoid is back online, happy days are back online.
its a wrap. fuck da haterz demonoid is back!
[quote]Don’t get me wrong; I’m really glad demonoid is back, and I generally trust Russians (contrary to most, obviously) because they are a very intelligent culture for the most part. What I miss are the arguments for its 6 months downtime, Umlauf or Deimos can at least tell us some stories regarding their new hosting locations/choices, plus what happened the last couple of months. I think they’re being too secretive for their own good. A little openness has never hurt anyone in p2p-land;[/quote]
It’s just how Deimos has always done it. He doesn’t talk a lot, and I am fine with that.
[quote]The frontpage article on demonoid reads rather un-trustworthy for people in p2p. It’s too impersonal, too strict, too distant and too cold. Maybe they just need better writers..[/quote]
Seems fine to me, besides the fact that the English grammar is a little off (I think Umlauf is from the Czech Republic).
[quote]Either way, their new hosting location is amazing! It’s only 5 hops away from the Ams-IX, that’s fast for Kiev. And yes, it all looks too good for a major trap. Russians wouldn’t help betray the poor against Big Money Entertainment Corporates, it’s against their nature.[/quote]
You are aware that Ukraine isn’t Russia, right? Ukraine has Ukrainians, Russia has Russians (of course some are in the other country).
[quote] In all honesty, I suspect this is a trap. I am not willing to risk my buttocks to find out. Who’s to say that the “new site admin” isn’t “Big Brother”? Just think about it, it all falls into place. Allow me to make a suggestion. The safest and best tracker out there now is h33t.com
This place has the awesome family feel Demonoid(R.I.P) used to have. Check it out, I have nothing to gain by lying to you. I have always loved Demonoid as well but am highly suspicious about this drastic move deimos has made.
Kind Regards,
KooKoo
[/quote]
Yay, let’s go to some site where the admin clearly knows little - that’s someone to trust.
If you listen to anything the admin of h33t says, it’s always extremely stupid.
[quote]h33t sucks, horribly. Virus ridden and filled with rude, dumb people.[/quote]
I agree.
yeah!! b movies here I come!
aside fromt he fact its leecher ridden and no new torrents. demonoid seems to be fine.
woohoooooo
i love you demonoid!
my life has been returned to me :)
long live piracy and screw you, cria!
Its a trap
i coont believe it. hurray, i never check this site but for some reason i checked it today, wow.
Anyone have a spare invite?
Would apreciate it (Not that that really means that much as you don’t know me)
sheepy_is@hotmail.com
And what??
love to see demonoid back. my account is up and running :D
SweeeeeeeeeeeeeT!!!
Demonoid No.1 . WB !.
my acc still works great .weeeee
[quote comment="342802"]Yesterday, I was so happy Demonoid.Com was here again
I uploaded a Sims torrent
I live in Michigan
Today I receive a demand from a law firm in Michigan saying i must pay $15,000 for copyright infringements
I have 3 young girls and I do not know what I am going to do[/quote]
A lot of my friends are getting messages from DMCA, RIAA, etc and from ISPS
I downloaded a movie from Demonoid and today I won $20,000 on the lottery!
Thank you, Demonoid!
okey..i solved my problem..
i have 4 spare invitation code and i can exchange them with torrentleech.org or filelist.org invitation codes..
anyone interested in mail me..
lord_british_1903@hotmail.com
great!!! yes. fuc.!! zilvio. berlusconi trufolo. dittatore.
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