Demonoid Shut Down by the CRIA?
Written by Ernesto on September 25, 2007Demonoid.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!
Update: Still no response from Deimos, the CRIA or Demonoid’s ISP.
Update: The CRIA and Demonoid’s ISP refuse to comment to the allegations, they don’t confirm or deny anything.
Update: The tracker is back online.
Update: Demonoid Returns, Forced to Block Canadian Traffic By the CRIA
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WELL PEOPLE ITS BEEN ALMOST A WEEK
NOW AND STILL DOWN I KNOW MOST OF
YOU ARE ANGRY ABOUT ALL THIS GOING
DOWN BUT THERES NOT MUCH POINT IN
BITTING EACH OTHERS HEADS OFF ABOUT
IT BECAUSE IM SURE IT WILL TAKE TIME
BEFORE ITS BACK UP AND RUNNING AGAIN
TRY TO LOOK AT THE POSITIVE SIDE TO
ALL THIS DEIMOS WOULD APPRECIATE IT
MORE IF YOUR COMMENTS WERE MORE
POSITIVE IM SURE ITS BAD ENOUGH FOR
HIM WITHOUT EVERYONE BITING EACH
OTHERS HEAD OFF THIS PROVES NOTHING
TO NO ONE AT ALL AND MAKE YOU ALL
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE LOOK LIKE TOTAL
IDIOTS IM SURE DEIMOS WILL BEING
READING SOME OFF THESE POSTS AT SOME
TIME TRY TO GIVE HIM SOME ENCOURAGEMENT WHY DONT YOU IF YOU REALLY ARE THANKFULL FOR ALL YOU DOWNLOAD AT DEMONOID.COM OKAY HES
BEEN GOOD TO US SO TRY BEING GOOD
TO HIM.
I am not surprised so many rumors are floating around. It is obviously going to happen with the kind of people that are going to these sites. No offense to anyone honestly but the posts before me should be proof enough.
Demonoid though, really it is a pretty good site. It is the first site I go to for anything if I need it. Hey though, if this one ends up being closed down, which I highly doubt, there will be tons more to replace it.
Anyways we all know its ok now… so its kinda pointless to worry anymore. Also as far as the government going around as sueing every single person just from one site. IT WONT HAPPEN, it wouldnt be possible trust me. Just be careful with what you download and you wont have to worry…..
Sep 30, 2007 at 12:35 by Cuntox - CuntoxQuote Cuntox - Cuntox
Demonoid breathes…
Microsoft Windows XP [Pirated Illegal Version]
(C) Copyright Breached 1990-2008.
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping demonoid.com
Pinging demonoid.com [209.44.123.21] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.44.123.21: bytes=32 time=331ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.44.123.21: bytes=32 time=330ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.44.123.21: bytes=32 time=330ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.44.123.21: bytes=32 time=330ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 209.44.123.21:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 330ms, Maximum = 331ms, Average = 330ms
Demonoid should relocate their servers in Venezuela where piracy is NOT a crime at all… lol
I can’t believe the crap is still going on. I only joined in for a laugh but it’s getting pathetic now what with people taking it so serious like it’s all they have going on in their lives!
Bye bye
I can’t believe the crap is still going on. I only joined in for a laugh but it’s getting pathetic now what with people taking it so serious like it’s all they have going on in their lives!
Bye bye
Goddam sh-t!! But.. In Sweden the authorities tried to shutdown The Pirate Bay…… Muahahahaha!! It was up’n'running again within 24 hours, if I’m not mistakin?
So why don’t Demonoid move to a swedish server, preferably the same as TPB’s using?
don’t even try connecting to demonoid anymore, its a trap by the RIAA/MPAA!!!!
[quote comment="177709"]don’t even try connecting to demonoid anymore, its a trap by the RIAA/MPAA!!!![/quote]
and todays George Bush talking bollox award goes to………
It gone! Move n with your life! It just like WinMX and others Demonoid is a thing of the past now. There will be new sites soon.
Deimos been arrested and is waiting to go before the judge tomorrow morning.
He has 11 charges pending. More as soon as I get it!
Stop using the trackers! Your IPs are being recorded!
Updates coming soon!!!
Good news: The demonoid tracker is back up!! :) :) :) I can finally finish the last 40mb of the DVD I was downloading!!
[quote comment="177753"]Deimos been arrested and is waiting to go before the judge tomorrow morning.
He has 11 charges pending. More as soon as I get it!
Stop using the trackers! Your IPs are being recorded!
Updates coming soon!!![/quote]
WHAT?? Are you really Sabin, or pretending to be and just trying to scare everyone???
I just LOVE how you can post using anyone’s name that you wish….It’s quite amusing…..
Yeah, you are sabin….& I’m Jesus, bow down, Bitch…..
(2007-09-30) [+mntrSCTf] Demonoid.com | Be kind to visitors | Spreading false info earns a KB | SITE IS TEMP OFFLINE
[quote comment="177767"]I just LOVE how you can post using anyone’s name that you wish….It’s quite amusing…..
Yeah, you are sabin….& I’m Jesus, bow down, Bitch…..[/quote]
Keep using the tracker then. Check Rusteroid, You’ll get the big picture then.
Use the tracker at your own risk. See this is what all these negative post were shooting for, now no one believes anyone.
Good job guys. Keep up the good work! The whole thing will be out tomorrow morning. :(
Please stop using the tracker, it was put back into operation by the ISP!
[quote comment="177772"][quote comment="177767"]I just LOVE how you can post using anyone’s name that you wish….It’s quite amusing…..
Yeah, you are sabin….& I’m Jesus, bow down, Bitch…..[/quote]
Keep using the tracker then. Check Rusteroid, You’ll get the big picture then.
Use the tracker at your own risk. See this is what all these negative post were shooting for, now no one believes anyone.
Good job guys. Keep up the good work! The whole thing will be out tomorrow morning. :(
Please stop using the tracker, it was put back into operation by the ISP![/quote]
Sabin, I have a test for you. No offence to you, but it is just to stop any dumbasses from spreading more rumors than already happenning. I’m atomicrabbit from demonoid. What application for Windows XP did I find and post on the demonoid forums that everyone seemed to love. It was a plugin for windows.
Sabin, I have a test for you. No offence to you, but it is just to stop any dumbasses from spreading more rumors than already happenning. I’m atomicrabbit from demonoid. What application for Windows XP did I find and post on the demonoid forums that everyone seemed to love. It was a plugin for windows.
It’s not Ruzteroid now…It has been changed. SURE your sabin hehehehehehe dumbass……
trackers still woring
working i need glasses
[quote comment="177775"]Sabin, I have a test for you. No offence to you, but it is just to stop any dumbasses from spreading more rumors than already happenning. I’m atomicrabbit from demonoid. What application for Windows XP did I find and post on the demonoid forums that everyone seemed to love. It was a plugin for windows.[/quote]
Dude,that’s not sabin….You don’t need a test. His flaring idiocy gives him away..
just got conections to one of my uploads,hope things are looking up
Its it for me to go have a time with granny. Shouldn’t take long, she always makes me Blow my wad in a hurry!
as staff on Demonoid i can say that we are a bunch of wankers who do not deserve you lot on there so fuk of
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