Demonoid Shuts Down Again
Written by Ernesto on November 09, 2007Demonoid.com, one of the most popular BitTorrent trackers, was forced to go offline again because the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) threatened their ISP.
It’s been just over 6 weeks since the CRIA allegedly shut down the Demonoid BitTorrent tracker. Details were scarce at the time, with lots of people simply claiming the site had some technical or server issues. Indeed, TorrentFreak came in for quite some criticism when we claimed the CRIA was involved, but when the site returned there were some ominous signs which seemed to support our claims.
Eventually, the Demonoid trackers reappeared, followed by the site itself but was forced to block Canadian visitors by the CRIA. However, despite blocking Canadians, it seems the CRIA hasn’t yet had enough of harassing Demonoid and its host.
On Demonoid.com we now read:
“The CRIA threatened the company renting the servers to us, and because of this it is not possible to keep the site online. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for your understanding.”
Indeed, Demonoid’s host had previously said that if it had any major hassle, it was likely it could pull the plug on the site.
A message on the Demonoid IRC channel says: “Site is down, tracker is up. Expect the site to return, unless we hear otherwise from Deimos.”
Canada seems to becoming more unfriendly for BitTorrent sites - Demonoid aren’t the only ones being threatened by the recording labels there.
Developing story
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wtf some jackass booted me from the irc. someone name pflame
Damn! Why does it is always Demonoid!
Call for action!
I am a regular at demonoid fora, and shall miss that….but the tracker?? who gives a shit? slow DL’s, and theres thousands of other sites just as good or better. If you only have demonoid in ya bookmarks, you’re a fuckin’ n00b sap!
lol u can’t blame the canadian government as they are trying to stop piracy because I suppose the government thinks that the site has material that has infringe the copyright law
Yes i blame the government I live in the uk im downloading tv shows from the states thats got fuckall to do with the canadians
THE CRIA OR IS IT THE CIA ? THE CRIA ARE BUNCH OF FUCKIN NAZIS.LONG LIVE DEMONOID
Who Cares.. ?
They will take down more and more sites unless there’s some action on our part.
If we all sit here and say who cares and go to another site, soon there will be none left.
These guys want an internet that’s just one large shopping catalogue.
Bring back the spirit of the 60’s and 70’s, even though i’m not that old, they knew how to rally together and protest!
How long before someone says Demos has been shot or some other lies.Cria eat shit
How about bombarding the CRIA with say a million emails and complaints.
You cant fight governments they have billions we got hundreds.Do the math
Can send complaints, but it’d need to be organised. I think a rally outside thier offices would get media attention.
Yea….no.
There may be a gazillion torrent sites (all of varying quality), but Demonoid was the best because of it’s community. Also, all the helpful & insightful feedback/comments on the quality of the torrents posted for all to see, great torrents & really a wide selection of shared stuff, and really some the friendliest & most generous people i’ve come across online.
If this is permanent, they WILL be missed.
I think i’m gonna go watch Fight Club now…hmph.
Canada just as naff as the yanks……
[quote comment="207561"]Yeah… there is something we could do. Move the servers to another planet and it will be fine. Seriously… CRIA and the other organizations have the money, the power, We ? We got nothing…[/quote]
What we have is numbers, I mean there are A LOT of people around the world who are involved with P2P , your type of attitude is to just except defeat?? if people think like that then there really is no hope for P2P, although i personally think your wrong.
So unimpressed. Such a loss to the BT world. Sounds as though CRIA’s vigilantism is making them alot of (acronym-esque) enemies.. like
CAB NIB MPAA RIAA SOCAN AVLA SOPROQ TAD ASCAP BMI and
IOU4BNSOQNBVKHGV.
(http://www.slyck.com/story1616_Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters_Attacks_CRIA)
Come back, demonoid.com. Test drive some Uzbekistan servers. And then if that fails there’s always Azerbaijan. Or Kyrgyzstan… Turkmenistan Tajikistan Kazakhstan
:(
i use demonoid for all downloading and i am now very sad that the site is down
It’s just the sound dinosaurs make when they go extinct!(MPAA,CRIA,,)
Clinging on to their last gasps of air before they’re consigned to the history books.
Imagine all that $100’s of millions being made, all the 1000’s of jobs, it’s easy to see why they would try ‘n try and get all the help they can from the governments.
It’s not the “Illegal piracy” they’re concerned about, it’s “Will we have a job next year!”
All it takes is a few individuals and you have Global Media Distribution @ near zero cost.
Hardly Capitalism is it.
[quote comment="207595"][quote comment="207561"]Yeah… there is something we could do. Move the servers to another planet and it will be fine. Seriously… CRIA and the other organizations have the money, the power, We ? We got nothing…[/quote]
What we have is numbers, I mean there are A LOT of people around the world who are involved with P2P , your type of attitude is to just except defeat?? if people think like that then there really is no hope for P2P, although i personally think your wrong.[/quote]
I might be wrong. I just tried to think realisticly. What the hell should we do ? I think Deimos should move the servers to some other country…. because if it stays in Canada.. Demonoid won’t last for long IMO.
BLAME CANADA.
Last time Demonoid went down for
the week that peeps seem still
hung up on, downloads were still
continuing here (non- canadian)
country.
On this occassion they are still
operating also.
I have started demonoid torrents,
resumed half eaten demonoid
torrents, and kept current
torrents going - so far s’all
good.
My question to any experts out
there would be, do you think that
this will be the case for a while
that demonoid torrents that are
sitting in peoples bit torrent
clients shall continue to
operate.
I guess i’m just not sure if the
files themselves are fully kept
on their host’s servers, or if
the sheer peer to peer nature
means that we can continue to
seed, bleed, feed, and merrily
fill our xmas baskets with
entertainment goodies :)
god if they are going to take the damn thing down they should do it already, they are taking this issue like pussys. The record industrys are run by a bunch of wanker, pussy jerks, so its nothing new on their behalf.
[quote comment="207582"]Who Cares.. ?
They will take down more and more sites unless there’s some action on our part.
If we all sit here and say who cares and go to another site, soon there will be none left.
These guys want an internet that’s just one large shopping catalogue.
Bring back the spirit of the 60’s and 70’s, even though i’m not that old, they knew how to rally together and protest![/quote]
Exactly, well said,There is more at stake then just another site or another tracker, it’s the whole net! We cant let them start dictating weather or not we can share with friends/on-line community, or we are gunna end up with a controlled environment on the net, i never protested in the seventy’s, I wasnt even alive,lol, but they did know how to stand up and protest things,what is so different know? aside from the fact that the media/Governments/corporations have most people dumbed down into thinking they cant make a difference
bad times for the Torrents trackers, yesterday oink, today demonoid, tpb tomorow? :x
Spot on $4REAL$!
It’s about us all losing the internet as we remember it.
If we all think about this for a minute ok. If these corporations get their way, what can we do on the internet?
By a book? Look at some advertisements? Read some political crap that’s moderated?
No more freedom of expression.
It’s not just P2P, this will snowball into something much worse.
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