ninjageek Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 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 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. 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. Lifted this information from another web site. Wonder whats up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 Have a link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageek Posted September 26, 2007 Author CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 Sorry tommy. Not a link to the story itself. I lifted this from another forum. I did check and it is down. So until a link or whatever is provided take this story with a grain of salt. Hopeing someone can provide a bit more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 nooooooooo i love this tracker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 maybe if the torrent trackers restricted themselves to tracking legal torrents then they wouldn't be shut down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunted 2 Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 Could it be related to this ? http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ISOHunt-Shutters-US-Trackers-87867 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9017/Has+Demonoid+Been+Shut+Down+by+the+CRIA%3F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 Gotta love them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 gotta love what/who?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 I'll just slip this in here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNvwXNJWH0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 26, 2007 CID Share Posted September 26, 2007 The ones who found the links sweetheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted September 27, 2007 CID Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'll just slip this in here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNvwXNJWH0 lmao NICE ONE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted September 28, 2007 CID Share Posted September 28, 2007 lmao NICE ONE One of my favorite clips.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted September 30, 2007 CID Share Posted September 30, 2007 so as of yesterday 9/29/07 demonoid's tracker has been put but up but the web site and fourms are still down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjageek Posted October 1, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 Oh I believe sooner or later demonoid will once again be open for business. May be in a diffrent country but never the less it will be open again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 its been back up for a few hours now. But something broke, probably because of a huge influx if users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 the FBI put it back up to collect user info... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fattymcbluff Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 yup he FBI put it back up.......... in Canada......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan314 Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 I demonoid!!!! Cant wait for the return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 So wait...They put it back up to collect user info some say. What does that mean? Are they busting everyone on there who has downloaded something or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 Let me spell it out for you wyantm06. Y E S Don't go in there for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted October 1, 2007 CID Share Posted October 1, 2007 ooooooo too funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyantm06 Posted October 3, 2007 CID Share Posted October 3, 2007 Ok Demonoid is back up. I was wondering, it says on the homepage that they have to block canadians. I thought canadians didn't have a law for downloading illegal things?? I was also wondering, do you think it is safe to go back on and use it now?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted October 3, 2007 CID Share Posted October 3, 2007 well they r probably blocking them cuz it's not illegal for them and what would be the point if they r back up under the direction of the gov't agencies with the sole purpose to bust the guilty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted October 3, 2007 CID Share Posted October 3, 2007 When doing illegal activities in the old days wyantm06. Its called gut feeling. If it makes you nervous, don't do it yet. That'll be your best judge. i only got cought once. I did not follow my gut that time either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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