Demonoid Returns, Forced to Block Canadian Traffic By the CRIA
Written by Ernesto on September 30, 2007The popular BitTorrent tracker Demonoid is back online after nearly a week of downtime. The website and the tracker are hosted on the same ISP, but Canadian traffic is blocked thanks to pressure from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
On the Demonoid frontpage we now read:
We received a letter from a lawyer representing the CRIA, they were threatening with legal action and we need to start blocking Canadian traffic because of this. Thanks for your understanding, and sorry for any inconvenience.
This confirms our earlier reports this week, and show that the CRIA was indeed responsible for the downtime. It’s been a controversial week and at times emotions were running really high. In the absence of any official announcement it was really hard to separate fact from fiction, with rumor and counter-rumor.
The bad news of course is that Demonoid is now unavailable to Canadians. Unfortunately it is not the fist time an anti-piracy organization effectively shuts down access to a part of the BitTorrent community. Earlier this week Isohunt had to ban US users from its trackers, and last month TorrentSpy blocked access to US users, both by pressure from the MPAA.
At the time we write this article, the forums are still offline, but it probably wont take long before these are back online too. The first sign of Demonoid’s return came yesterday when the trackers started responding again.
When an avalanche of upset Demonoid users came to TorrentFreak this week, the mood was grim when not only their site disappeared but also doubts were cast on our report. We aim to be a credible news source and understand the responsibility we have in the BitTorrent community. While understanding how Demonoid’s Canadian users must be feeling right now, it’s great that we now get the chance to share in the relief of the majority of Demonoid’s dedicated userbase.
The second most popular BitTorrent tracker on planet earth has returned, that’s the most important thing.
Update: Demonoid is having some problems again, this message now appears: “The latest changes to the site are giving us some problems - We’ll be back soon”
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Once again, you got lucky with a hunch. However, there is a big difference between this and a raid.
Dam im in canada!!!
Fuck yeah, Demonoid!
First Comment! This is such a GREAT news to hear!!!!! :D:D
Thanks You for returning!
God damn it ! Why the fuck doset someone bomb the cria offices already i want my torrents !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Find a way t get the canadians back ! we got the latest Movie Rips !
[quote comment="177823"]Once again, you got lucky with a hunch. However, there is a big difference between this and a raid.[/quote]
Glad you admit we were right. And read the original article, we never said anything bout a raid!
Cheers, Ernesto
lol rumors ftw
Get the fuck out of Canada.
Think you guys owe Ernesto some apologies.
Thank goodness for proxies? =D
If it’s legal in Canada, how come they just roll over and play dead? We Canadians need to fight this!
fuck the cria, fuck the mpaa, fuck the riaa. Demonoid fight for us Canadians, don’t be pushed around by ass eating homo’s. They have no legal standing to sue you guys, you dont host the content, you merely provide a link to the content, please do something!.
Atleast the site’s back up :/
@ Canadian ppl, i’m crying for you! (lol :P)
Yeah, it’s just GREAT news that Demonoid has cavied into the CRIA, that Canadians now cannot access it, and that every asshat and their dog is completely dismissing that situation as irrelevant to the file sharing community. Effing wonderful.
Tears of joy
[quote comment="177824"]Dam im in canada!!![/quote]Grab your self a copy of hide ip or any proxy program . ;)
just use a web proxy..a slight hassle, but better than being blocked from demonoid for good :P
wish i had a invite to the site :(
For anyone who can’t access Demonoid anymore, you can install the following Switchproxy addon for Firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/125
Then google your way around for proxy lists and tutorials (if you haven’t used proxies before), and you’ll be back in business. I used to do this when my ISP was blocked by demonoid a few months ago. Browsing becomes a little slower but imo this is the best way for a workaround.
If you can access the site using proxy but the tracker cannot be accessed by your torrent client, there are proxy workarounds for that too depending on the client you use.
Awesome! Demonoid Rules!
isn’t this exactly what DHT IS MADE FOR.
All this shows us that Demonoid can be imtimidate. Who cares if they got a letter from cira they have no real power Demonoid should have told the cira too fuck off
some people own you an apology
I suspect that Demonoid’s Canadian user-base may not take this lying down. A great number of members and prolific seeders of Demonoid reside in Canada. Remember that when your torrent takes 10x longer to complete.
thank god demon-oid is breathin again
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