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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I’m Sabin1981 and so’s my wife.
Was a troll no doubt. The real Sabin would be fixing the box. Not tossing off on TF.[/quote]
Fixing the box? How, pray tell, can *I* fix a server to which I have no access? I’m a forum moderator, not a SysOp, numbskull.
I wasn’t trolling, I was defending OUR site from other trolls. So quit spoofing my name and grow a pair to fit your sack.
Great News! I felt real remorse like a close friend was gone. yer I know get a life.
I, for one, can’t wait to see the Demon restored to it’s rightful place as #1 torrent site. It’s a great site with a great community. The admin and mods are more than helpful. The moral of the story is, be patient. Remember, they owe us nothing.
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