Demonoid Trackers Back Online, Site Still Down
Written by Ernesto on September 29, 2007Demonoid.com mysteriously disappeared earlier this week, but there is hope. The website is still down but the trackers are now fully operational again, perhaps a sign that Demonoid is crawling back up?
The demonoid downtime caused quite some controversy, especially after the popular Dutch news site nu.nl reported that the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) was responsible for the downtime.
We contacted both the CRIA and Demonoid’s ISP in an attempt to confirm the story, but they didn’t want to respond to these allegations. Both parties confirmed nor denied their involvement. In addition, we tried to get an official response from Deimos, the founder and the head admin of Demonoid, unfortunately without any result.
The general consensus in the Demonoid IRC channel now is that the downtime is caused by hardware issues, and that the site will probably return within a few days.
Others still think that the Canadian ISP took Demonoid offline after they received legal threats (from the CRIA), but this is just speculation at this point. Demonoid’s ISP said earlier that it would not hesitate to pull the plug on Demonoid if they had to, however, this explanation is less plausible now because the trackers still run on the same IP. This indicates that the servers are still hosted by their Canadian ISP.
It is great to see that the second largest BitTorrent tracker is back in action. Thousands of torrents stopped responding when the tracker went down, frustrating over a million BitTorrent users. I guess it’s time to finish these torrents.
Update: Demonoid Returns, Forced to Block Canadian Traffic By the CRIA
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great news!!
Ernesto, you seem to be distancing yourself from the “CRIA took down demonoid” rumour after you got critisized so much for seemingly presenting it as fact ;)
I know i wont be the only person who is over the moon!!!
Sucks to be so very wrong jackass.
good, bout time.
so can anyone explain about anything new. any updates
Way to spread rumors you freaking poor excuse for a “journalist” i use that term loosely.
Maybe you should start posting the truth rather than things you HOPE to be true only to find out just how big of a fool you are.
Bet this guy ends up writing for Paranoia magazine….
CRIA my ass
[quote]Way to spread rumors you freaking poor excuse for a “journalist” i use that term loosely.[/quote]
The tracker being up isn’t a rumor.
http://www.ruzster.com/forum/index.php/topic,7414.0.html
He helped spread a rumor 4 stories back, yes, we all know that. But why post on this story about that story? ;)
Give him a break guys, this is a blog. He reported on the rumor and gave the source. Get over it.
Great to see demonoid back up, here’s to the site getting back online soon!
Tracker & site are NOT on thr same IP. Jeez.
Site is (was) on demonoid.com 209.44.123.21
Tracker at inferno.demonoid.com 209.44.123.26
wheres demonoid ? its not back up dicks
yeah he reported on it but look at the effect it had? it had to much negative impact to fuel the fire. im not sure who to blame demonoid for not saying jack shit about what happened or torrent freak giving into the rumors. i dont trust any of thoes sites, theres a reason they still exist a evil reason. i use to like demonoid, but after they kept quiet about things i don’t think ill be visiting them anytime in the future. heres a tip pay only attention to LAWSUIT news its the ONLY THING u got to worry about. anything else sites like these tell u,ignore them. only thing that matters is that u keep getting free shit for nothing and not pay any consuqenes for it. and the only way u will is a lawsuit.
Apologies - agree hosting has not changed. Read the article wrong - duh!
[quote comment="176793"]Tracker & site are NOT on thr same IP. Jeez.
Site is (was) on demonoid.com
209.44.123.21
Tracker at
inferno.demonoid.com
209.44.123.26[/quote]Thats not really the point is it? That IP is still in the same network, so the tracker is still hosted by the same ISP.
[quote]i use to like demonoid, but after they kept quiet about things i don’t think ill be visiting them anytime in the future.[/quote]
You won’t go on demonoid just because they havn’t told you what happened?
Your loss.
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Your response is awaiting moderation. [/quote]
What’s with the moderation?
=(
Ernesto is just a normal person. I can imagine how hard it was to get data after it went down. Believe me I spent 4 hours scrounging the internet for every piece of info on them being down i could find. Even if he was a little off, doesn’t mean he didn’t try. Honestly if it wasn’t for ernesto and this really none of us would have known what happened. I noticed the trackers started yesterday and was going to post a comment here but he already got too it.
The peolpe who criticized him are dumbasses. He did the best he can. Atleast he, for one, is trying to bring us SOMETHING on what happened. They posted that news thing on that site which was ALL he had to go over.
On another note I am really happy that the trackers are back up and running, I can’t wait till the site comes back.
Thanks Ernesto for bringing us more news, keep up the good work.
[quote] Tracker & site are NOT on thr same IP. Jeez.
Site is (was) on demonoid.com 209.44.123.21
Tracker at inferno.demonoid.com 209.44.123.26
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Right… But how does that have anything to do with this? The tracker is up, demonoid tracked torrents (which is a lot) now work again.
Great. Just goes to show you shouldn’t believe everything you read. Would have been a shame to become homeless in the world of torrent downloading. Three cheers for Demonoid.
Give him a break his reporting what he finds out romours or not we dont have to read it and belive every word make up your own minds people..
[quote]Honestly if it wasn’t for ernesto and this really none of us would have known what happened.[/quote]
Not really…
http://www.ruzster.com/forum/index.php
[quote]Atleast he, for one, is trying to bring us SOMETHING on what happened.[/quote]
BREAKING NEWS - Soviet Spy takes down demonoid; Site to be based in Washington, DC
[quote]did this person eve read the article?…wow, idiot[/quote]
They didn’t even bother to read the title! XD
Long Live Demonoid
Long Live Demonoid Admin
Long Live Demonoid Supporters
Force be with Demonoid
Yay! I am so optimistic now that the trackers are operational. I have had some serious separation anxiety. ***sigh*** I feel so pathetic, but at least I was not the only one who was seriously “having a cow” over this ordeal. Demonoid is truly a great community. WooHoo! YeeHaw! Yea Baby!
Not only do I like demonoid a lot more than most,it has a lot of things you really can’t find anywhere else.
There are some on there that aren’t on pirate bay or any other torrent sites.
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