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RLSLOG Down, But Not Out

rlslogRLSLOG has grown out to be the authority when it comes to news about, and links to, scene releases.

Millions of readers visit the site every month, looking for the latest releases that are posted daily by the site’s editors.

For the past few days, however, RLSLOG readers were shaken up by an absence of news as the site has been unreachable.

Although some have rumored that the RIAA finally got what it wished for, the current outage is not related to legal issues.

RLSLOG founder Martin informed TorrentFreak that the prolonged downtime is caused by the site’s hosting provider.

The RLSLOG server has been stuck for a few days and thus far Martin has been unable to get in touch with the hosting provider to fix the problems.

A new server has been ordered now, which means RLSLOG should make a successful comeback in a few days.

Fingers crossed.

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  • Imurai

    Hope, it’ll be back soon! Great blog/site.

  • Yinchie

    Been wondering what happened…
    Thanks for the update.

  • Jake9

    Call me a noob, but I’ve never actually heard of this site. :S

  • Genesis

    so was rlslog.in an authorized site or from someonr who cloned the look of rlslog?

    • Anonymous

      NO. Just a worthless clone.

    • Chimel31

      Yeah, rlslog.net owner does not seem to own this Indian site.
      Very convincing clone, though, and top ranking in Google.
      That’s what happens when you don’t update your status on twitter or facebook.

    • Chimel31

      Yeah, rlslog.net owner does not seem to own this Indian site.
      Very convincing clone, though, and top ranking in Google.
      That’s what happens when you don’t update your status on twitter or facebook.

  • http://internetassistant.blogspot.com Shh

    Few days? about a week already

  • Partai

    Best site ever

  • Chimel31

    Yeah they switched to rlslog.in since June 29, 4 days ago now.
    rlslog.in is supposed to be the definitive new URL according to the comments in one of their posts, we’ll see how it goes.

    Still, Martin could have updated rlslog twitter or facebook with the latest status, this lack of communication sucks.

    Rlslog.in is also down now… :[

  • Joe

    Rlslog.in is a rip off, that just uses the RSS feed…

    scnsrc.me ftw :)

    • Anonymous

      TRUE.

    • Cassius Clay

      scnsrc.me is run by crooks who stole the site from its old owners and filled it with ads, none of the original staff are there anymore and they only care about making money off warez

      • HaDeZz

        Bullcrap, don’t talk shit if you don’t know what happened behind the scenes…
        If it didn’t happen like this there would have been no site left now.
        And there are plenty original staff left!

  • android

    z-warez is much better

  • http://twitter.com/K1rkpad Dylan Kirkpatrick

    Woah, whatever happened to scrrls.net?

  • DKT27

    Good News!

    RLSLOG guys have posted a message on the site:

    RLSLOG will be back tomorrow (Monday) ;)

    http://rlslogbackup.wordpress.com/

    • Anonymous

      Yeah, I was aware of wordpress. It was up less than an hour ago, but it’s down now. Here’s the message you’ll see at the moment:

      “rlslogbackup.wordpress.com is no longer available.

      This blog has been archived or suspended for a violation of our Terms of Service.
      For questions or concerns, contact WordPress.com Support.”

      • MadMaxx

        Looks like some twat (MAFFIA anyone?) reported it. Let’s hope the site returns soon.

        • Anonymous

          Here’s hoping. I was actually worried when I realized it was on WordPress because of there TOS and the potential for someone to report it. But there are plenty of other pages on WordPress that do the are quite similar. I know there’s tons of music ones (I don’t use them but I randomly stumble across them in Google searches) that post albums. The same goes for Google’s Blogspot. They have a TOS that’s pretty strict, but in the past few days I’ve stumbled across similar pages and they’re still up.

          It’s odd that it was up for a few days doing what it always does and then out of the blue, BAM! Gone. It’s reasonable to assume someone reported it.

  • Some random guy

    OneDDL.com pwns!!!

  • John

    thx for the update…

  • http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell

    Eh, I’m honestly beginning to think that RLSLog is gone forever. The WordPress page has been taken down as ‘no longer available’ so it must have been reported. The main site is down with no message saying when it will be up once again (just checked 15 minutes ago).

    RLSLog.in is a good alternative, but I’m not sure whether it is a reputable site to be blunt.

  • Jordansl420

    scnsrc.net is the best alternative ive found.. man why dont these guys just find an internet provider in somalia or some country that doesnt give a shit about us copyright?

    • Mane

      VENEZUELA is the place!!!

  • Chimel31

    These other ‘scene’ sites are fine but they follow 10 times less TV series than rlslog.
    I sincerely hope they’ll come back.

    They said the new server would be up on Monday evening in their now defunct wordpress page, it’s 10PM Pacific time and still no rlslog.net or rlstalk.net or any update on Twitter or Facebook, but that’s to be expected, their ISP must have only a skeleton crew on Independence Day. I currently see a lot of multicolored explosions in the sky, hope it’s not their server… ^-^

  • boris

    “We are working on installing new server after we finally got reply from our ISP about the downtime. RLSLOG.net”

  • boris

    “We are working on installing new server after we finally got reply from our ISP about the downtime. RLSLOG.net”

  • Arik

    sceper.eu is much better…!

  • http://twitter.com/sta1ns sta1ns

    It’s fairly easy to find that they’re hosted by the same guys running the Piratpartiet using serioustubes.org

    Serioustubes = AS50066 = member of AS51040 PIRATE-AS Piratpartiet Pirate Networks
    http://www.robtex.com/asmacro/as-srstubes.html
    This could just be its network connection and not the same data-center but it’s still intriguing.

    so…
    @Jordansl420
    Copyright is not much of a problem to deal with hosting in Sweden off my knowledge.

    @Chimel31
    I doubt the people in Sweden (presumably due to its Piratpartiet connection and IP location) have much to do with the holiday of Independence Day.

    Regards,
    Sta1ns (Admin of sceper.eu)

  • pz1

    new server is here, just a problem with index.php , site will be back soon, and we are NOT DEAD :)

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  • Chimel31

    I can see it now. Sometimes. I suppose it will take a few days to get it stable and restore everything, like the forums.
    There’s still a lot of the same “502 Bad Gateway”, “Guru Meditation” and “Varnish cache server” cryptic messages that frequently happened even before the incident. It would be great to start investing into better server software or architecture after the server is back to functional. And a backup system! ^-^

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V7VDZ5GW7EPEZNU7Y6M66BMLKY zar

      ‘Guru Meditation’? Gotta love those Amiga-referencing error msgs. ^^

      P.S.@rlslog.in: FOADIAF, you plagiarising scum.

  • Rlsog2

    We’re a release site that want to inform you about new releases on the internet.
    Both for Last scene and p2p releases.
    We do not spread releases ourselves and only provide a temporarily link to a sample or upload to prove that the post is true.
    Our team does a great job by posting fast after a release hits the net.
    rlslog.in

  • Chimel31

    Don’t be so modest, your team does a great job stealing rlslog.net logo, design, layout and domain name too.

    • Call_centre_paki

      Real filesharers hate these rlslog.in thieves – making money from other’s hard work.

      Boycott them NOW!

      • le sigh

        …the hypocrisy in that post is astounding…you might as well bitch about a con man ripping off a thief. but thats stealing :( naw…*facepalm*

    • http://twitter.com/sta1ns sta1ns

      Owners of rlslog.in also own zerosec.info, although its not the same site design as the now infamous site.

  • Chimel31

    Rlslog.net is still not working, 1 attempt out of 2 gets me the infamous “Hold on! There are too many RLSLOG readers connected to our server. Wait a minute or two and try again!” message. Accessing from the U.S.
    Rlstalk.net is also down, and so are some recent pages such as http://www.rlslog.net/columbo-complete-dvdrip-xvid-mixed/.

    This “too many readers” message happened frequently before last week too. Rlslog should really upgrade their servers’ hardware and software. Aren’t they making any money from their ads and cyberlockers fees to pay for it?

    • Anonymous

      They’re definitely making enough money,
      they just need a better server administrator.
      Perhaps a second server (multiple ip domain resolution or load balancer) to even the load.

  • Anonymous

    Seems to be back online now. So hope all goes well and it stays online for all of us! Fingers crossed! ha

    • Anon

      I wouldn’t be hopeful until they get a new server admin.
      This same bs will happen again, like it did before (couple months ago).

  • Chimel31

    It looks pretty bad, still the same HTTP 503 or “too many users” errors as before.
    They are definitely still not back online after installing the new server 3 days ago.
    http://www.facebook.com/www.RLSLOG.net/posts/160822083986069
    I hate it that they don’t communicate what went wrong, if it’s the ISP, them, or whatever.
    Most of the usual cyberlocker reposters never came back during the day or two the site was back online. I guess many visitors are moving out too for their daily fix of TV series… ^-^

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